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Entities with array/list attributes

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What is the best way to define an entity with Array of values for an attribute as below TestEntity name (String) desc (String) types (String[]) Also want to know how do I populate values for such entities in Java action and return the values to app and show on page

asked 2018-05-18

Mohan Kathireddy

2 answers

Austin McNicholas · Answer 1 · 2018-05-18

Hi Mohan,

Here is the link to the runtime api documentation.

https://apidocs.mendix.com/7/runtime/

What are you trying to accomplish? Any reason why you can't do what Ronald suggested, and use a microflow?

Jan Blok · Answer 2 · 2018-05-22

You cannot use arrays/lista as attribute. Instead use associations in the domain model. It is just a one to many association between two entities which is conceptually the right way to model what you want to accomplish. Furthermore only use java as a last resort.