Module qilletni.api

Package dev.qilletni.api.lang.types

Interface EntityType

All Superinterfaces:

AnyType, QilletniType

public non-sealed interface EntityType
extends AnyType

A user-defined Qilletni type. A new instance of an EntityType is created for each instance of an entity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityDefinition	getEntityDefinition()	Gets the EntityDefinition that the user defined that this entity was created from.
Scope	getEntityScope()	Gets the isolated Scope for this entity instance.
void	validateType(String typeName)	Checks if the entity's name is the given typeName.

Methods inherited from interface dev.qilletni.api.lang.types.QilletniType

getTypeClass, minusOperator, minusOperatorInPlace, plusOperator, plusOperatorInPlace, qilletniEquals, stringValue, typeName

Method Details

getEntityDefinition

EntityDefinition getEntityDefinition()

Gets the EntityDefinition that the user defined that this entity was created from. There is only one EntityDefinition for each defined entity.

Returns:

The EntityDefinition for the entity

getEntityScope

Scope getEntityScope()

Gets the isolated Scope for this entity instance. All fields in the entity are present in this, along with functions defined.

Returns:

The Scope of the entity

validateType

void validateType(String typeName)

Checks if the entity's name is the given typeName. If not, an error is thrown.

Parameters:

typeName - The expected name of the entity