IEntity Interface Reference

Represents a base Renga entity. IEntity is the root interface for other entity-specific interfaces such as IPropertyContainer, IParameterContainer, IModel. Depending on IEntity underlying type these interfaces can be obtained from IEntity with QueryInterface method. More...

Inheritance diagram for IEntity:

Public Member Functions
HRESULT	GetInterfaceByName ([in] BSTR interfaceName, [out, retval] IDispatch **ppInterface)
	Returns an interface by its name. More...

Properties
int	Id [get]
	Returns the unique identifier of the entity.
BSTR	Name [get]
	Returns the name of the entity.
GUID	UniqueId [get]
	The unique identifier of the entity. It is a universal unique identifier.
BSTR	UniqueIdS [get]
	Same as UniqueId, but returning GUID as a string.
GUID	TypeId [get]
	The type id of the entity. It is a universal unique identifier.
BSTR	TypeIdS [get]
	Same as TypeId, but returning GUID as a string.

Detailed Description

Represents a base Renga entity. IEntity is the root interface for other entity-specific interfaces such as IPropertyContainer, IParameterContainer, IModel. Depending on IEntity underlying type these interfaces can be obtained from IEntity with QueryInterface method.

See also

IEntityCollection, IParameterContainer, IPropertyContainer, IModel

Member Function Documentation

GetInterfaceByName()

HRESULT IEntity::GetInterfaceByName	(	[in] BSTR	interfaceName,
		[out, retval] IDispatch **	ppInterface
	)

Returns an interface by its name.

This method is provided as an alternative for the standard COM QueryInterface() method for cases where IUnknown is not accessible, like interoperating with the API from some interpreted languages.

Parameters

[in]	interfaceName	The name of the requested interface.
[out]	ppInterface	The requested interface.