Inherits from NSObject
Declared in JSONStoreCollection.h

Overview

Contains JSONStore methods that operate on a single collection.

Tasks

Properties

_dropFirst

Private. Remove the collection (drop table [collection]) before initializing.

@property (nonatomic) BOOL _dropFirst

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0 @private

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

additionalSearchFields

Additional Search fields that are tied to the collection.

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary *additionalSearchFields

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

collectionName

Name of the collection.

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *collectionName

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

reopened

Boolean that shows if the collection was reopened (true) or newly created (false).

@property (nonatomic, getter=wasReopened) BOOL reopened

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

searchFields

Search fields that are tied to a collection.

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary *searchFields

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

Instance Methods

addData:andMarkDirty:withOptions:error:

Stores data as documents in the collection.

- (NSNumber *)addData:(NSArray *)data andMarkDirty:(BOOL)markDirty withOptions:(JSONStoreAddOptions *)options error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

data

NSArray of JSON data represented as NSDictionaries

markDirty

Determines if the documents that are added should be marked dirty (true) or not (false)

options

Options for handling things like additional search fields

error

Error

Return Value

Number data added, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

allDirtyAndReturnError:

Get all documents that are marked dirty in the collection.

- (NSArray *)allDirtyAndReturnError:(NSError **)error

Parameters

error

Error

Return Value

NSArray of all dirty documents in the collection, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

changeData:withReplaceCriteria:addNew:markDirty:error:

Uses a replacement criteria to locate documents for a targeted replacement, if no existing document is found it checks the addNew flag to determine if a new document should be added.

- (NSNumber *)changeData:(NSArray *)data withReplaceCriteria:(NSArray *)replaceCriteriaSearchFields addNew:(BOOL)addNew markDirty:(BOOL)markDirty error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

data

NSArray of JSON objects as NSDictionary

addNew

Determines if new JSON objects are added to the store if they are not already inside (true) or not (false)

markDirty

Determines if the operation marks changes as dirty (true) or not (false)

error

Error

Return Value

Number of documents changed, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

clearCollectionWithError:

Permanently deletes all the documents stored in a collection while preserving the accessor for the collection.

- (BOOL)clearCollectionWithError:(NSError **)error

Parameters

error

Error

Return Value

Boolean that indicates the operation failed (false) or succeeded (true)

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

countAllDirtyDocumentsWithError:

Returns the total number of dirty documents in the collection.

- (NSNumber *)countAllDirtyDocumentsWithError:(NSError **)error

Parameters

error

Error

Return Value

Number of documents that are dirty in the collection, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

countAllDocumentsAndReturnError:

Returns the total number of documents that exist in the collection.

- (NSNumber *)countAllDocumentsAndReturnError:(NSError **)error

Parameters

error

Error

Return Value

Number of documents in the collection, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

countWithQueryParts:error:

Returns the total number of documents that match the query parts.

- (NSNumber *)countWithQueryParts:(NSArray *)queryParts error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

queryParts

Array of JSONStoreQueryPart objects

error

Error

Return Value

Number of documents that matched the query parts, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

findAllWithOptions:error:

Returns all documents in the collection.

- (NSArray *)findAllWithOptions:(JSONStoreQueryOptions *)options error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

options

Options such as filter, sort, limit, and offset

error

Error

Return Value

All documents in the collection, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

findWithIds:andOptions:error:

Returns all documents that match the _id values passed.

- (NSArray *)findWithIds:(NSArray *)ids andOptions:(JSONStoreQueryOptions *)options error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

ids

array of _id field values that is represented as an integers

options

Options such as filter, sort, limit, and offset

error

Error

Return Value

Documents found with matching _id fields, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

findWithQueryParts:andOptions:error:

Locates documents inside a collection by using one or more query parts.

- (NSArray *)findWithQueryParts:(NSArray *)queryParts andOptions:(JSONStoreQueryOptions *)options error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

queryParts

Array of JSONStoreQueryPart objects

options

Options such as filter, sort, limit, and offset

error

Error

Return Value

All documents in the collection that matched the query parts, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

initWithName:

Creates a new JSONStoreCollection instance for the collection with the given name.

- (JSONStoreCollection *)initWithName:(NSString *)collectionName

Parameters

collectionName

the name of the collection

Return Value

new instance

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

isDirtyWithDocumentId:error:

Returns whether the document represented by the given _id value is dirty or not.

- (BOOL)isDirtyWithDocumentId:(int)_id error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

_id

The _id field value of the document

error

Error

Return Value

True if the document is dirty, false otherwise

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

markDocumentsClean:error:

Takes input from allDirtyAndReturnError: (which returns documents with an _operation key value pair) and marks documents as clean.

- (NSNumber *)markDocumentsClean:(NSArray *)documents error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

documents

NSArray of documents that are represented as NSDictionaries

error

Error

Return Value

Number of documents marked clean, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

removeCollectionWithError:

Permanently deletes all the documents stored in a collection and removes the accessor for that collection.

- (BOOL)removeCollectionWithError:(NSError **)error

Parameters

error

Error

Return Value

Boolean that indicates the operation failed (false) or succeeded (true)

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

removeWithIds:andMarkDirty:error:

Removes documents from the collection by using one or more _id values. Removed documents are not returned by the different find operations and they do not affect count operations.

- (NSNumber *)removeWithIds:(NSArray *)ids andMarkDirty:(BOOL)markDirty error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

ids

NSArray of _id values represented as integers

markDirty

Determines if the documents that are removed are marked as dirty (true) or not (false)

error

Error

Return Value

Number documents removed, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0 @private

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

replaceDocuments:andMarkDirty:error:

This method is used to modify documents inside a collection by replacing existing documents with given documents. The field that is used to perform the replacement is the document’s unique identifier (_id).

- (NSNumber *)replaceDocuments:(NSArray *)documents andMarkDirty:(BOOL)markDirty error:(NSError **)error

Parameters

documents

Array of documents represented as NSDictionaries with the following key value pairs: _id (integer) and json (NSDictionary).

markDirty

Determines if the documents that are replaced should be marked dirty (true) or not (false)

error

Error

Return Value

Number documents replaced, nil if there is a failure

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

setAdditionalSearchField:withType:

Sets the given additional search field for the collection. Must be called before opening the collection. Cannot be changed after the collection is opened.

- (void)setAdditionalSearchField:(NSString *)additionalSearchField withType:(JSONStoreSearchFieldType)type

Parameters

additionalSearchField

the name of the additional search field

type

the type of the additional search field

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h

setSearchField:withType:

Sets the given search field for the collection. Must be called before opening the collection. Cannot be changed after the collection is opened.

- (void)setSearchField:(NSString *)searchField withType:(JSONStoreSearchFieldType)type

Parameters

searchField

the name of the search field

type

the type of the search field

Availability

IBM Worklight V6.2.0

Declared In

JSONStoreCollection.h