Database.addCollection

New in package 166

Syntax

Database.addCollection( entity, 'property', query, options );

Adds an entity.property which represents a collection of items defined by the query.

Parameter	Description
property	Name of the property to define.
query	A repository, result of repository.`where(...)` etc.

{ get: true, create: false, add: false, update: false, delete: false, order: null }

Option	Value	Description
`get`	`true` or `false`	Specifies whether items should be sent to the client *)
	`function(item)`	Return `true` to have the item sent to the client *)
`create`	`true` or `false`	Specifies whether new items can be created from the client **)
	`function(itemData)`	Can return `true`, `false`, `null`, `undefined` or a new item created from the `itemData`.
`add`	`true` or `false`	Specifies whether items can be added to the collection from the client **)
	`function(item)`	Return `true` to have the item added to the collection from the client **)
`update`	`true` or `false`	specifies whether changes should be applied to the items from the client **)
	`function(item, itemData)`	can apply the changes to the item.
`delete`	`true` or `false`	Specifies whether items can be deleted from the collection from the client **)
	`function(item)`	Can delete the specified item. Return a truthy value to have the item deleted.
`order`	field name or `null`	Specifies the name of an integer field where to write the "line number" according to the order specified in the data received from the client **)

*) i.e. when entity.getData is called
**) i.e. when entity.setData is called

Update 'Line_Number' field according to the order specified in the data received from the client:

"Disassociate" items with a job on delete:

Delete the referenced items from the database on delete:

Read-only list of jobs on a dashboard:

A list of jobs on a dashboard, where jobs can be added and removed from the list, but not updated: