Class: JSS::Category

Inherits:
APIObject show all
Includes:
Creatable, Updatable
Defined in:
lib/jss/api_object/category.rb,
lib/jss.rb

Overview

A Category in the JSS.

See Also:

Constant Summary collapse

RSRC_BASE =

The base for REST resources of this class

'categories'.freeze
RSRC_LIST_KEY =

the hash key used for the JSON list output of all objects in the JSS

:categories
RSRC_OBJECT_KEY =

The hash key used for the JSON object output. It’s also used in various error messages

:category
VALID_DATA_KEYS =

these keys, as well as :id and :name, are present in valid API JSON data for this class

[:priority].freeze
NO_CATEGORY_NAME =

When no category has been assigned, this is the ‘name’ and id used

JSS::Categorizable::NO_CATEGORY_NAME
NO_CATEGORY_ID = 
JSS::Categorizable::NO_CATEGORY_ID
DEFAULT_CATEGORY =

The Default category

NO_CATEGORY_NAME
POSSIBLE_PRIORITIES =

The range of possible priorities

1..20
DEFAULT_PRIORITY =

The Default Priority

5
OBJECT_HISTORY_OBJECT_TYPE =

the object type for this object in the object history table. See APIObject#add_object_history_entry

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Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(args = {}) ⇒ Category

See JSS::APIObject#initialize



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# File 'lib/jss/api_object/category.rb', line 104

def initialize(args = {})
  super
  @priority = @init_data[:priority] || DEFAULT_PRIORITY
end

Instance Attribute Details

#need_to_update ⇒ Boolean (readonly) Originally defined in module Updatable

#priority ⇒ Integer 



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# File 'lib/jss/api_object/category.rb', line 97

def priority
  @priority
end

Class Method Details

.category_id_from_name(name, api: JSS.api) ⇒ Object

Class Methods



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# File 'lib/jss/api_object/category.rb', line 53

def self.category_id_from_name(name, api: JSS.api)
  return nil if name.nil?
  return nil if name.casecmp(JSS::Category::NO_CATEGORY_NAME).zero?
  JSS::Category.map_all_ids_to(:name, api: api).invert[name]
end

Instance Method Details

#clone(new_name, api: nil) ⇒ APIObject Originally defined in module Creatable

make a clone of this API object, with a new name. The class must be creatable

Raises:

#create(api: nil) ⇒ Integer Originally defined in module Creatable

Create a new object in the JSS.

Raises:

#name=(newname) ⇒ void Originally defined in module Updatable

This method returns an undefined value.

Change the name of this item Remember to #update to push changes to the server.

Raises:

#update ⇒ Boolean Originally defined in module Updatable

Save changes to the JSS

Raises: