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Oracle Workflow API Reference
Release 2.6.3.5

Part Number B12163-02
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GetAttribute

PL/SQL Syntax

function GetAttrText

  (nid in number,
aname in varchar2)
return varchar2;

function GetAttrNumber
(nid in number,
aname in varchar2)
return number;

function GetAttrDate
(nid in number,
aname in varchar2)
return date;

Java Syntax

public static String getAttrText

    (WFContext wCtx,
BigDecimal nid,
String aName)

public static BigDecimal getAttrNumber
(WFContext wCtx,
BigDecimal nid,
String aName)

public static String getAttrDate
WFContext wCtx,
BigDecimal nid,
String aName)

Description

Returns the value of the specified message attribute.

Arguments (input)

wCtx Workflow context information. Required for the Java method only. See: Oracle Workflow Context.
nid The notification ID.
aname The message attribute name.
Example

The following code excerpt shows an example of how to call the getAttribute methods in a Java program. The example code is from the WFTest.java program.

// we get the value according to the type.
if (myAttrType == "DATE")
{
value = WFNotificationAPI.getAttrDate(ctx, myNid, myAttr);
}
else if (myAttrType == "NUMBER")
{
value = (WFNotificationAPI.getAttrNumber(ctx, myNid,
myAttr)).toString();
}
else if (myAttrType == "DOCUMENT")
{
value = WFNotificationAPI.getAttrDoc(ctx, myNid, myAttr,
null);
}
else
value = WFNotificationAPI.getAttrText(ctx, myNid, myAttr);
System.out.println(myAttr.toString() + " = '" + value + 
"'");


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