Site:Interfaces

Introduction

Contexts are objects that encapsulate various functionality available to you during integration.

ApplicationContext

getDatabaseContext()

getGlobalContext()

getAuthContext()

getRenderContext()

AuthContext

The AuthContext is responsible for providing all necessary functionality for authenticated users and their various access.

isLoggedIn()

@return a boolean on whether or not there is an authenticated user.

hasUser()

@return a boolean on whether or not there is an authenticated user and if that authenticated user is a User object.

isUser(id)

@return a boolean on whether the param:id represents the current authenticated user (if there is an authenticated user).

getUser()

@return a User object for the authenticated user.

hasOwner()

@return a boolean on whether or not there is an authenticated user and if that authenticated user is an Owner object.

getOwner()

@return a Owner object for the authenticated user.

isAdministrator()

@return a boolean on whether or not the authenticated user is an administrator.

isModerator()

@return a boolean on whether or not the authenticated user is a moderator.

iBackendContext

getInternalName()

getDisplayName()

getLayoutPosition()

filterSortParam(sort, whitelist)

execute(ApplicationContext app, ScopeContext scope, PageContext page)

DatabaseContext

The DatabaseContext is responsible for providing the necessary functionality to interact with all relevant databases.

getNames()

@return an Array of the available database names.

closeAll()

closes all of the database connections.

getDB(name)

@return an SQLDB object.

getDBOption(name, option)

@return a database option; options include: backups

LicenseContext

The LicenseContext is responsible for providing information stored within the license.

getId()

@return the license id.

getConfigValue(key)

@return the configuration value that is stored for param:key.

getServerConfigValue(key)

@return the server configuration value that is stored for param:key; the server represents the actual server that is executing this function call... meaning the return value may change depending on which server is executing this function.

isEnabled(option)

@return a boolean on whether or not param:option is supported by the license.

getMerchants()

@return an Array of associative arrays representing all the merchants within the license.

getServers()

@return an Array of associative arrays representing all the servers within the license.

PageContext

The PageContext...

getUrlArgs()

getContextArgs()

getConfigParam()

RenderContext

getRenderOutput()

@return a RenderOutput object.

RenderOutput

setCacheable(value)

sets whether or not this output can be cached.

getHDF()

@return an iHDF object.

ScopeContext

The ScopeContext provides relevant scope to consider during various backend processes. At it's core the ScopeContext is a hash-table of objects.

has(key)

@return a boolean on whether or not this key exists.

get(key, default = "")

@return an object for the relevant key.

getObjId(key, default = "")

@return the id of the object if the value stored is an actual object and has an id field.

getKeys()

@return an Array of all keys.

TaskContext

The TaskContext is responsible for providing access to the various requirements of an background task.

getLicenseContext()

@return a LicenseContext.

getDatabaseContext()

@return a DatabaseContext.