Telosys objects

Objects by categories

Telosys provides a set of predefined objects usable in the templates :

• Objects representing the model elements :

  • $model (current model)

    • $entity (entity defined in the model) [0:N entities in each model]

      • $attribute (attribute defined in an entity) [1:N attributes in each entity]

        • $fkPart (part of foreign key, if attribute is involved in one or more FK)

      • $link (link defined in an entity) [0:N links in each entity]

        • $linkAttribute (attribute involved in link definition) [1:N / link]

      • $fk (foreign key defined in an entity) [0:N FK in each entity]

        • $fkAttribute (attribute involved in FK definition) [1:N / fk]

      • $reference (reference to other entity) [0:N references in each entity]

• Current environment and project :

  • $env (environment configuration)

  • $project (project configuration)

• Generation in progress :

  • $target (current target file being generated)

  • $bundle (bundle in use for current generation)

  • $generator (generator engine)

• Utility functions and tools :

  • $fn (set of utility functions)

  • $const (set of constants)

  • $factory (a factory to create objects)

  • $file (to use files located on the file system)

  • $loader (to load your own utility classes)

  • $now (current date and time)

  • $values (literal values generator for attributes)

  • $h2 (utility functions for H2 database)

• Objects dedicated to code generation of certain target languages :

  • Java : $java $jpa $jdbc $beanValidation

  • C# : $csharp

  • PHP : $php

  • SQL : $sql

  • HTML : $html

• Deprecated objects (do not use, just for backward compatibility) :

  • $jdbcFactory (use $factory instead)

  • $today (use $now instead)

Objects reference documentation

The documentation reference for each object is available here :

• Latest version :

  • Telosys 4.1.0 - objects reference
• Previous version :

  • Telosys 4.0.0 - objects reference
  • Telosys 3.3.0 - objects reference