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ExternalSourceAspect Namespace

Enumeration

Name Description
ExternalSourceAspect.Kind Standard values for the Kind property of ExternalSourceAspect.

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ExternalSourceAspect Class

An ElementMultiAspect that stores synchronization information for an Element originating from an external source.

@note The associated ECClass was added to the BisCore schema in version 1.0.2

Extends

Methods

Name Description
constructor(props: ExternalSourceAspectProps, iModel: IModelDb): ExternalSourceAspect Construct an aspect from its JSON representation and its containing iModel.  
collectReferenceIds(referenceIds: EntityReferenceSet): void Protected Collect the Ids of this entity's references at this level of the class hierarchy.  
toJSON(): ExternalSourceAspectProps Obtain the JSON representation of this Entity.  
findAllBySource(iModelDb: IModelDb, scope: string, kind: string, identifier: string): { aspectId: string, elementId: string }[] Static Look up the elements that contain one or more ExternalSourceAspect with the specified Scope, Kind, and Identifier.  
findBySource(iModelDb: IModelDb, scope: string, kind: string, identifier: string): { aspectId?: string, elementId?: string } Static   Deprecated  

Inherited methods

Name Inherited from Description
forEachProperty(func: PropertyCallback, includeCustom: booleantrue): void Inherited ElementMultiAspect Call a function for each property of this Entity.
getReferenceIds(): EntityReferenceSet Inherited ElementMultiAspect Get the set of this entity's entity references, EntityReferenceSet.
is(otherClass: ): boolean Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect return whether this Entity class is a subclass of another Entity class
onDelete(arg: OnAspectIdArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called before an ElementAspect is deleted.
onDeleted(_arg: OnAspectIdArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called after an ElementAspect was deleted.
onInsert(arg: OnAspectPropsArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called before a new ElementAspect is inserted.
onInserted(_arg: OnAspectPropsArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called after a new ElementAspect was inserted.
onUpdate(arg: OnAspectPropsArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called before an ElementAspect is updated.
onUpdated(_arg: OnAspectPropsArg): void Protected Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect Called after an ElementAspect was updated.

Properties

Name Type Description
checksum string | undefined The cryptographic hash (any algorithm) of the source object's content.  
className Accessor Static ReadOnly string The name of the BIS class associated with this class.  
identifier string The identifier of the object in the source repository.  
jsonProperties string | undefined A place where additional JSON properties can be stored.  
kind string The kind of object within the source repository.  
scope RelatedElement An element that scopes the combination of kind and identifier to uniquely identify the object from the external source.  
source RelatedElement | undefined The source of the imported/synchronized object.  
version string | undefined An optional value that is typically a version number or a pseudo version number like last modified time.  

Inherited properties

Name Type Inherited from Description
classFullName Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string ElementMultiAspect Get the full BIS class name of this Entity in the form "schema:class".
classFullName Accessor Static Inherited ReadOnly string ElementMultiAspect Get the full BIS class name of this Entity in the form "schema:class"
className Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string ElementMultiAspect The name of the BIS class associated with this class.
element Inherited RelatedElement ElementMultiAspect  
id Inherited string ElementMultiAspect The Id of this Entity.
iModel Inherited IModelDb ElementMultiAspect The IModelDb that contains this Entity
isInstanceOfEntity Readonly Inherited "true" ElementMultiAspect An immutable property used to discriminate between Entity and EntityProps, used to inform the TypeScript compiler that these two types
schema Static Inherited ElementMultiAspect The Schema that defines this class.
schemaName Accessor Inherited ReadOnly string ElementMultiAspect The name of the BIS Schema that defines this class

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Last Updated: 24 June, 2025