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Object operations

These are performed on each object instance as a whole. Object operations:

All of these operations require that an object instance be specified:

create
Create the object; assign any attributes to the object instance.

delete
Remove the object instance.

action
Perform this action with arguments specified. The Server API will not check the arguments or any returned information for validity.

list
Evaluates the given object instance and returns a list of all the object instances that are contained by the specified object instance. This is used in containment and scoping. Every class that has object instances contained by another should have a list function.

Those procedures that are invoked per object will be called only once per object instance listed in a client's request.

In the passed data structure, only these parameters are important to per-object operations:


class name
The class to which the specified object instance belongs. This accommodates sharing procedures between classes.

object name
The object instance being worked on. The OSA should check the existence or validity of the object instance.

template object name
The name of a template object instance used by the create operation to create the specified object instance. When used, the template is created by duplicating an existing object instance. If a template is not used, the field is blank.

operation name
The operation being worked on. This accommodates procedures being shared by operations by providing a way for the procedure to identify which operation is calling it.

attribute token
The token for the attribute being worked on. Simple operations can act on each attribute in one procedure, but more complex operations can simply identify which attribute is being worked on and forward the relevant information to an appropriate subroutine.

attribute list
The attributes (and corresponding values) specified when the operation was called.

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