Iterate through all the records in a table using Java API

Question

Hi All,
What is the easiest way to iterate through all the records in a given table using Java API? I cannot find any methods that will return all records in a table and the only way I can use is to perform a free form search with a condition that is always true. The code works but is pretty ugly. Is there an alternative to this approach?
Thanks!
Kenny

Answer 1

Hi Kenny,
You can construct a new Search object with your table's code name, a new ResultSetDefinition object for your table and just execute this search using the GetResultSet method of CatalogData.
Please look at the following code:
Search search = new Search(<code name of your table>);
ResultSetDefinition rsd = new ResultSetDefinition(<code name of your table>);
rsd.AddField<code name of a field>);
rsd.AddField(<code name of a field>);
String sortField = <code name of your sort field>;
boolean sortAscending = true;
int page = 0; //page number
A2iResultSet rs = <your CatalogData object>.GetResultSet(search, rsd, sortField, sortAscending, page);
for (int i = 0; i < rs.GetRecordCount(); i++)
    Value fieldValue = rs.GetValueAt(i, <code name of a field>);
Hope this helps,
Nir
PS - I really recommend you to start using the new API, as it is much more efficient and straight-forward.