Name
global.CIRelatedList
Description
Utility class for working with CI related lists.
Script
// Discovery class
gs.include("PrototypeServer");
/**
* Utility class for working with CI related lists. Each instance of this class contains the details of a single list
* that is related to a particular CI. The details of this list AND the contents of the list are included.
*
* Tom Dilatush tom.dilatush@service-now.com
*/
var CIRelatedList = Class.create();
CIRelatedList.prototype = {
/*
* Initializes a new instance of this class. With no arguments, simply constructs an empty instance.
*
* table: the table containing the related list (if many-to-many, the many-to-many table)
* ref_field: the reference field in the table for this related list
* cmdb_ci: The sys_id of the CI this list is related to.
* debug_flag: true if debug logging is enabled.
*/
initialize: function(table, ref_field, cmdb_ci, debug_flag) {
this.GlideRecordUtil = new GlideRecordUtil();
this.ignoreFields = {
'sys_created_by' : true,
'sys_updated_by' : true,
'sys_mod_count' : true
};
// array of hashmaps, one for each record in the related list...
this.records = [];
// array of hashmaps, one for each record in the m2m list (if there is one)...
this.m2m_records = [];
this.table_name = (arguments.length >= 1) ? table : null;
this.field_name = (arguments.length >= 2) ? ref_field : null;
this.cmdb_ci = (arguments.length >= 3) ? cmdb_ci : null;
this.debug_flag = (arguments.length >= 4) ? debug_flag : null;
// Fields and flag to be set if the table is m2m
this.isM2M = false;
this.target_table_name = null;
this.target_ref_field_name = null;
// false for one-to-many; true for many-to-many...
// this.isM2M, target_table_name and target_ref_field_name are all set in the following two calls
if (!this.checkSysM2M())
this.checkSysCollection();
// If there's no cmdb_ci record, don't populate!
if (this.cmdb_ci == null)
return;
// now get our data...
this.populate();
},
/*
* Populates the this.records field of this instance.
*/
populate: function() {
if (this.cmdb_ci == null) {
gs.log("Unable to load records from CIRelatedList script include due to invalid ci");
return;
}
// no matter what happens, we need our related list...
var relTable = new GlideRecord(this.table_name);
relTable.addQuery(this.field_name, this.cmdb_ci);
relTable.query();
// if this isn't a many-to-many list, just load the records and skedaddle...
if (!this.isM2M) {
this._loadRecords(relTable, this.records);
return;
}
// it's a many-to-many list, so first load the m2m records...
this._loadRecords(relTable, this.m2m_records);
// now load the target records, in chunks so our query doesn't get too darned big...
var sys_ids = new Packages.java.util.ArrayList();
for (var i = 0; i < this.m2m_records.length; i++) {
sys_ids.add(this.m2m_records[i][this.target_ref_field_name]);
if (sys_ids.size() >= 50)
this._loadChunk(sys_ids);
}
if (sys_ids.size() > 0)
this._loadChunk(sys_ids);
},
/*
* Remove all the related list items.
*/
remove: function() {
var rlgr = new GlideRecord(this.table_name);
rlgr.addQuery(this.field_name, this.cmdb_ci);
rlgr.deleteMultiple();
this.records = [];
this.m2m_records = [];
},
/*
* Adds the given record to the related list.
*/
addRec: function(record) {
this.records.push(record);
},
/*
* Sets the given records to the related list.
*/
addRecs: function(records) {
this.records = records;
},
/*
* Populates a chunk of the target table when it's a many-to-many table.
*
* sys_ids: a Java ArrayList of the sys_ids of the target table to load
*/
_loadChunk: function(sys_ids) {
// query our real related list for the record in sys_ids...
var relTable = new GlideRecord(this.target_table_name);
relTable.addQuery('sys_id', sys_ids);
relTable.query();
// finally - load our records...
this._loadRecords(relTable, this.records);
sys_ids.clear();
},
/*
* Loads the related list records in the given GlideRecord instance into the given array.
*
* relTable: a GlideRecord initialized to the records for a related list.
* records: the array to add records to.
*/
_loadRecords: function(relTable, records) {
while (relTable.next()) {
var hm = {};
this.GlideRecordUtil.populateFromGR(hm, relTable, this.ignoreFields);
records.push(hm);
}
},
/*
* Check to see if this is a Sys many-to-many table. If it is, set the target table name and reference field name.
*/
checkSysM2M: function() {
// use some existing Java code to do the actual check...
var my_many = new GlideSYSMany2Many();
this.isM2M = my_many.isMtm(this.table_name);
if (!this.isM2M)
return false;
// ok, we are a Sys many-to-many -- so set the target table name and reference field name...
if (my_many.getFromField() == this.field_name) {
this.target_table_name = my_many.getTargetTable();
this.target_ref_field_name = my_many.getTargetField();
} else {
this.target_table_name = my_many.getFromTable();
this.target_ref_field_name = my_many.getFromField();
}
// and skedaddle indicating what we are...
return true;
},
/*
* Check to see if this is a SysCollection table. If it is, set the target table name and reference field name.
*/
checkSysCollection: function() {
// see if any record in the sys_collection table has this table's name...
var scGR = new GlideRecord('sys_collection');
scGR.addQuery('collection', this.table_name);
scGR.query();
var tables = [];
var fields = [];
while (scGR.next()) {
tables.push(scGR.getValue('name'));
fields.push(scGR.getValue('join_field'));
}
// if we didn't find exactly two records (one parent, one child), then bail out...
if (tables.length != 2)
return false;
// ok, we are a SysCollection table -- so set the target table name and reference field name...
this.isM2M = true;
var src = (fields[0] == this.field_name) ? 1 : 0;
this.target_table_name = tables[src];
this.target_ref_field_name = fields[src];
// and skedaddle indicating what we are...
return true;
},
/*
* Initializes this instance from the given XML element.
*/
fromXML: function(element) {
var xml_util = GlideXMLUtil;
// look through our children for fields or list records...
var it = xml_util.childElementIterator(element);
while (it.hasNext()) {
var el = it.next();
var el_name = '' + el.getTagName();
switch (el_name) {
case 'fld':
var val = XMLUtilJS.stringToValue(xml_util.getText(el));
var fld_name = el.getAttribute('name');
if (fld_name == 'isM2M')
val = (val == 'true');
this[fld_name] = val;
break;
case 'rl_rec':
this.xmlToRecord(this.records, el);
break;
case 'm2m_rec':
this.xmlToRecord(this.m2m_records, el);
break;
}
}
},
xmlToRecord: function(records, el) {
var xml_util = GlideXMLUtil;
var record = {};
var flds = xml_util.getChildrenByTagName(el, 'fld');
for (var i = 0; i < flds.size(); i++) {
var fld_el = flds.get(i);
var fld_name = fld_el.getAttribute('name');
var fld_value = XMLUtilJS.stringToValue(xml_util.getText(fld_el));
record[fld_name] = fld_value;
}
records.push(record);
},
/*
* serializes this instance to XML in the given document and <rl> element.
*/
toXML: function(doc, el) {
// first we dump our singleton fields...
this.appendXMLChildFld(el, 'isM2M', this.isM2M );
this.appendXMLChildFld(el, 'table_name', this.table_name );
this.appendXMLChildFld(el, 'field_name', this.field_name );
this.appendXMLChildFld(el, 'target_table_name', this.target_table_name );
this.appendXMLChildFld(el, 'target_ref_field_name', this.target_ref_field_name);
// now our array of related list records...
for (var i = 0; i < this.records.length; i++)
this.appendXMLChildRecord(el, 'rl_rec', this.records[i]);
// and finally, our list of m2m records (only, of course, if this is an m2m list)...
for (var i = 0; i < this.m2m_records.length; i++)
this.appendXMLChildRecord(el, 'm2m_rec', this.m2m_records[i]);
},
appendXMLChildRecord: function(parent, name, rec) {
var xml_util = GlideXMLUtil;
var rec_el = xml_util.newElement(parent, name);
for (var name in rec)
this.appendXMLChildFld(rec_el, name, rec[name]);
},
appendXMLChildFld: function(parent, name, datum) {
var xml_util = GlideXMLUtil;
var el = XMLUtilJS.valueToString(datum);
var data_el = xml_util.newElement(parent, 'fld');
data_el.setAttribute('name', name);
xml_util.setText(data_el, el);
},
/*
* Makes a string representation of this instance, pushing each line onto the end of the given result array. This
* method is called from CIData.toString(), and assumes related list lines are to be indented two spaces.
*/
toString: function(result) {
result.push(' CIRelatedList: ' + this.table_name + ':' + this.field_name + '; ' + this.records.length
+ ' entries');
for (var i = 0; i < this.records.length; i++) {
var record = this.records[i];
result.push(' Record ' + i);
for (var name in record)
result.push(' ' + name + ': ' + record[name]);
}
},
type: 'CIRelatedList'
}
Sys ID
b09a6c4b0a0a0b0200b8e7e041e95496