Entity

Represents an object or resource in the Polymesh Ecosystem with its own set of properties and functionality

Type parameters

▪ UniqueIdentifiers

▪ HumanReadable

Hierarchy

• Entity

  ↳ Identity

  ↳ Account

  ↳ TickerReservation

  ↳ SecurityToken

  ↳ AuthorizationRequest

  ↳ Sto

  ↳ Venue

  ↳ Instruction

  ↳ Portfolio

  ↳ Checkpoint

  ↳ CheckpointSchedule

  ↳ PermissionGroup

  ↳ CorporateAction

Index

Properties

• context
• uuid

Methods

• exists
• isEqual
• toJson
• generateUuid
• isUniqueIdentifiers
• unserialize

Properties

Protected context

• context: Context

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:48

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uuid

• uuid: string

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:46

Methods

Abstract exists

▸ exists(): Promise‹boolean›

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:68

Determine whether this Entity exists on chain

Returns: Promise‹boolean›

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isEqual

▸ isEqual(entity: Entity‹unknown, unknown›): boolean

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:61

Determine whether this Entity is the same as another one

Parameters:

Name	Type
entity	Entity‹unknown, unknown›

Returns: boolean

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Abstract toJson

▸ toJson(): HumanReadable

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:73

Returns Entity data in a human readable (JSON) format

Returns: HumanReadable

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Static generateUuid

▸ generateUuid‹Identifiers›(identifiers: Identifiers): string

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:14

Generate the Entity's UUID from its identifying properties

Type parameters:

▪ Identifiers

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
identifiers	Identifiers

Returns: string

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Static isUniqueIdentifiers

▸ isUniqueIdentifiers(identifiers: unknown): boolean

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:42

Typeguard that checks whether the object passed corresponds to the unique identifiers of the class. Must be overridden

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
identifiers	unknown	object to type check

Returns: boolean

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Static unserialize

▸ unserialize‹Identifiers›(serialized: string): Identifiers

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:23

Unserialize a UUID into its Unique Identifiers

Type parameters:

▪ Identifiers

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
serialized	string	UUID to unserialize

Returns: Identifiers