Package com.ptc.windchill.esi.bom

Class AlternateItemGroupMgr

java.lang.Object

com.ptc.windchill.esi.bom.AlternateItemGroupMgr

public final class AlternateItemGroupMgr
extends Object

Provides generally useful methods to create, delete, and.or access AlternateItemGroup objects.

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AlternateItemGroup	createAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly, PartUsageInfo partUsageInfo)	Create an AlternateItemGroup object in database based upon the given part usage info.
AlternateItemGroup	createAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly, WTPart part, WTPartUsageLink partUsageInfo)	Create an AlternateItemGroup object in database based upon the given part usage info.
static int	getAIGNumber(AlternateItemGroup aig)	Returns the number of the input AlternateItemGroup object.
static AlternateItemGroup	getAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly, PartUsageInfo partUsageInfo)	Returns an alternate item group, if one exists in the database.
static AlternateItemGroup	getAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly, WTPartMaster component, LineNumber lineNumber)	Returns an alternate item group for the input parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

createAlternateItemGroup

public AlternateItemGroup createAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly,
 PartUsageInfo partUsageInfo)

Create an AlternateItemGroup object in database based upon the given part usage info.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

assembly - The assembly part which defines the product structure (BOM) to which the AIG is to be associated.

partUsageInfo - The PartUsageInfo object that contains the part usage link information necessary to create an AIG.

Returns:

AlternateItemGroup

createAlternateItemGroup

public AlternateItemGroup createAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly,
 WTPart part,
 WTPartUsageLink partUsageInfo)

Create an AlternateItemGroup object in database based upon the given part usage info.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

assembly - The assembly part which defines the product structure (BOM) to which the AIG is to be associated.

partUsageInfo - The PartUsageInfo object that contains the part usage link information necessary to create an AIG.

Returns:

AlternateItemGroup

getAlternateItemGroup

public static AlternateItemGroup getAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly,
 PartUsageInfo partUsageInfo)

Returns an alternate item group, if one exists in the database. Uses a WTPart to identify the assembly, and a PartUsageInfo to identify the line number and component on the assembly.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

assembly - The assembly part.

partUsageInfo - The PartUsageInfo object that contains the part usage link information necessary to identify an existing AIG.

Returns:

AlternateItemGroup

getAlternateItemGroup

public static AlternateItemGroup getAlternateItemGroup(WTPart assembly,
 WTPartMaster component,
 LineNumber lineNumber)

Returns an alternate item group for the input parameters. Makes use of the the input line number in the query if one was passed in; otherwise, attempts to fetch the AIG solely from the assembly and component information.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

assembly - Input assembly part.

component - Part master representing the input component.

lineNumber - Input line number.

Returns:

AlternateItemGroup

getAIGNumber

public static int getAIGNumber(AlternateItemGroup aig)

Returns the number of the input AlternateItemGroup object.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

aig - Input AlternateItemGroup object.

Returns:

Number of the input AIG object.