TimeTrex API Manual

APIMessageControl extends APIFactory
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$data  : mixed
$api_message_id  : mixed
$current_company  : mixed
$current_user  : mixed
$current_user_prefs  : mixed
$main_class  : mixed
$main_class_obj  : mixed
$pager_obj  : mixed
$permission  : mixed
$progress_bar_obj  : mixed
__construct()  : mixed
APIMessageControl constructor.
convertAPIReturnHandlerToValidatorObject()  : bool|Validator
Take a API ReturnHandler array and pulls out the Validation errors/warnings to be merged back into another Validator This is useful for calling one API function from another one when their are sub-classes.
convertToMultipleRecords()  : array<string|int, mixed>
convertToSingleRecord()  : mixed
copyMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Copy one or more message_controles.
deleteMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Delete one or more message_controls.
exportMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
exportRecords()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Download a result_set as a csv.
getAPIMessageID()  : bool|null
Returns the API messageID for each individual call.
getCommonMessageControlData()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Get only the fields that are common across all records in the search criteria. Used for Mass Editing of records.
getCurrentCompanyObject()  : bool|CompanyFactory
getCurrentUserObject()  : bool|UserFactory
getCurrentUserPreferenceObject()  : bool|UserPreferenceFactory
getEmbeddedMessage()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Get message data attached to a single object.
getMainClassObject()  : string
getMessage()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Get message data for one message or thread.
getMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Get message_control data for one or more message_controles.
getMessageControlDefaultData()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Get default message_control data for creating new message_controles.
getNextInsertID()  : string
getOptions()  : bool|array<string|int, mixed>
Get options for dropdown boxes.
getOptionsBatch()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Bridge multiple batched requests to main class getOptions factory.
getPagerData()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
getPagerObject()  : Pager
getPermissionChildren()  : array<string|int, mixed>
getPermissionObject()  : bool|null|Permission
getProgressBarObject()  : null|ProgressBar
getProtocolVersion()  : int
getUser()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Get limited (first/last name) user data for sending messages
getVariableToFunctionMap()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Bridge to main class getVariableToFunctionMap factory.
handlePermissionFilterColumns()  : array<string|int, mixed>|null
In cases where data can be displayed in just a list_view (dropdown boxes), ie: branch, department, job, task in In/Out punch view restrict the dropdown box to just a subset of columns, so not all data is shown.
handleRecordValidationResults()  : array<string|int, mixed>
initializeFilterAndPager()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
isNewMessage()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Check if there are unread messages for the current user.
isProgressBarStarted()  : bool
markRecipientMessageAsRead()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
returnHandler()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Controls returning information to client in a standard format.
setAPIMessageID()  : bool
setMainClassObject()  : bool
Allow storing the main class object persistently in memory, so we can build up other variables to help out things like getOptions() Mainly used for the APIReport class.
setMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Set message_control data for one or more message_controls.
setPagerObject()  : bool
setProgressBarObject()  : bool
setValidationArray()  : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
stripReturnHandler()  : mixed
validateMessageControl()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Validate message_control data for one or more message_controles.

Properties

Methods

convertAPIReturnHandlerToValidatorObject()

Take a API ReturnHandler array and pulls out the Validation errors/warnings to be merged back into another Validator This is useful for calling one API function from another one when their are sub-classes.

public convertAPIReturnHandlerToValidatorObject( $api_retarr[, bool $validator_obj = false ]) : bool|Validator
Parameters
$api_retarr :
$validator_obj : bool = false
Return values
bool|Validator

convertToMultipleRecords()

public convertToMultipleRecords(array<string|int, mixed> $data) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

convertToSingleRecord()

public convertToSingleRecord(array<string|int, mixed> $data) : mixed
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
mixed

copyMessageControl()

Copy one or more message_controles.

public copyMessageControl(array<string|int, mixed> $data) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

message_control IDs

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

deleteMessageControl()

Delete one or more message_controls.

public deleteMessageControl(array<string|int, mixed> $data[, bool $folder_id = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

message_control data

$folder_id : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

exportMessageControl()

public exportMessageControl([string $format = 'csv' ][, array<string|int, mixed> $data = null ][, bool $disable_paging = true ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$format : string = 'csv'
$data : array<string|int, mixed> = null
$disable_paging : bool = true
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

exportRecords()

Download a result_set as a csv.

public exportRecords(string $format, string $file_name, array<string|int, mixed> $result, array<string|int, mixed> $filter_columns) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$format : string
$file_name : string
$result : array<string|int, mixed>
$filter_columns : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

getAPIMessageID()

Returns the API messageID for each individual call.

public getAPIMessageID() : bool|null
Return values
bool|null

getCommonMessageControlData()

Get only the fields that are common across all records in the search criteria. Used for Mass Editing of records.

public getCommonMessageControlData(array<string|int, mixed> $data) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

filter data

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getEmbeddedMessage()

Get message data attached to a single object.

public getEmbeddedMessage([array<string|int, mixed> $data = null ][, bool $disable_paging = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed> = null

filter data

$disable_paging : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

getMainClassObject()

public getMainClassObject() : string
Return values
string

getMessage()

Get message data for one message or thread.

public getMessage([array<string|int, mixed> $data = null ][, bool $disable_paging = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed> = null

filter data

$disable_paging : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

getMessageControl()

Get message_control data for one or more message_controles.

public getMessageControl([array<string|int, mixed> $data = null ][, bool $disable_paging = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed> = null

filter data

$disable_paging : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

getMessageControlDefaultData()

Get default message_control data for creating new message_controles.

public getMessageControlDefaultData() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getNextInsertID()

public getNextInsertID() : string
Return values
string

getOptions()

Get options for dropdown boxes.

public getOptions([bool|string $name = false ][, mixed $parent = null ]) : bool|array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$name : bool|string = false

Name of options to return, ie: 'columns', 'type', 'status'

$parent : mixed = null

Parent name/ID of options to return if data is in hierarchical format. (ie: Province)

Return values
bool|array<string|int, mixed>

getOptionsBatch()

Bridge multiple batched requests to main class getOptions factory.

public getOptionsBatch([array<string|int, mixed> $requested_options = [] ]) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$requested_options : array<string|int, mixed> = []
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getPagerData()

public getPagerData() : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

getPermissionChildren()

public getPermissionChildren() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getProtocolVersion()

public getProtocolVersion() : int
Return values
int

getUser()

Get limited (first/last name) user data for sending messages

public getUser(array<string|int, mixed> $data[, bool $disable_paging = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

filter data

$disable_paging : bool = false

disables paging and returns all records.

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getVariableToFunctionMap()

Bridge to main class getVariableToFunctionMap factory.

public getVariableToFunctionMap(string $name[, string|int $parent = null ]) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$name : string
$parent : string|int = null
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

handlePermissionFilterColumns()

In cases where data can be displayed in just a list_view (dropdown boxes), ie: branch, department, job, task in In/Out punch view restrict the dropdown box to just a subset of columns, so not all data is shown.

public handlePermissionFilterColumns(array<string|int, mixed> $filter_columns, array<string|int, mixed> $allowed_columns) : array<string|int, mixed>|null
Parameters
$filter_columns : array<string|int, mixed>
$allowed_columns : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|null

handleRecordValidationResults()

public handleRecordValidationResults(object|bool $validator, array<string|int, mixed> $validator_stats, int $key, array<string|int, mixed>|bool $save_result[, bool $user_generic_status_batch_id = false ][, mixed $system_job_queue = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$validator : object|bool
$validator_stats : array<string|int, mixed>
$key : int
$save_result : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
$user_generic_status_batch_id : bool = false
$system_job_queue : mixed = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

initializeFilterAndPager()

public initializeFilterAndPager(array<string|int, mixed> $data[, bool $disable_paging = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>
$disable_paging : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

isNewMessage()

Check if there are unread messages for the current user.

public isNewMessage() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

number of unread messages.

isProgressBarStarted()

public isProgressBarStarted() : bool
Return values
bool

markRecipientMessageAsRead()

public markRecipientMessageAsRead(string $mark_read_message_ids) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$mark_read_message_ids : string

UUID

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

returnHandler()

Controls returning information to client in a standard format.

public returnHandler([bool $retval = true ][, bool $code = false ][, bool $description = false ][, bool $details = false ][, bool $validator_stats = false ][, bool $user_generic_status_batch_id = false ][, bool $request_data = false ][, bool $system_job_queue = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool

FIXME: Need to return the original request (with any modified values due to restrictions/validation issues) Also need to return paging data variables here too, as JSON can't make multiple calls. In order to do this we need to always return a special data structure that includes this information. static function returnHandler( $retval = TRUE, $args = array( 'code' => FALSE, 'description' => FALSE, 'details' = FALSE, 'validator_stats' => FALSE, 'user_generic_status_batch_id' => FALSE ) ) { The above will require too many changes, just add two more variables at the end, as it will only really be used by API->get*() functions. FIXME: Use a requestHandler() to handle all input requests, so we can parse out things like validate_only, ignore_warning (for user acknowledgable warnings) and handling all parameter parsing in a central place. static function returnHandler( $retval = TRUE, $code = FALSE, $description = FALSE, $details = FALSE, $validator_stats = FALSE, $user_generic_status_batch_id = FALSE, $request = FALSE, $pager = FALSE ) {

Parameters
$retval : bool = true
$code : bool = false
$description : bool = false
$details : bool = false
$validator_stats : bool = false
$user_generic_status_batch_id : bool = false
$request_data : bool = false
$system_job_queue : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

setAPIMessageID()

public setAPIMessageID(string $id) : bool
Parameters
$id : string

UUID

Return values
bool

setMainClassObject()

Allow storing the main class object persistently in memory, so we can build up other variables to help out things like getOptions() Mainly used for the APIReport class.

public setMainClassObject(object $obj) : bool
Parameters
$obj : object
Return values
bool

setMessageControl()

Set message_control data for one or more message_controls.

public setMessageControl(array<string|int, mixed> $data[, bool $validate_only = false ][, bool $ignore_warning = true ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

message_control data

$validate_only : bool = false
$ignore_warning : bool = true
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

setPagerObject()

public setPagerObject(object $lf) : bool
Parameters
$lf : object
Return values
bool

setProgressBarObject()

public setProgressBarObject( $progress_bar_obj) : bool
Parameters
$progress_bar_obj :
Return values
bool

setValidationArray()

public setValidationArray(array<string|int, Validator$validator_obj_arr[, string $record_label = null ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool
Parameters
$validator_obj_arr : array<string|int, Validator>

Array of Validator objects.

$record_label : string = null

Prefix for record label if performing a mass function to differentiate one record from another.

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|bool

stripReturnHandler()

public stripReturnHandler(mixed $retarr) : mixed
Parameters
$retarr : mixed
Return values
mixed

validateMessageControl()

Validate message_control data for one or more message_controles.

public validateMessageControl(array<string|int, mixed> $data) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$data : array<string|int, mixed>

message_control data

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

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