Need to under stand piece of code

[ashu1612]

Please explain what this piece

                answer = (new sn_state_flow.StateFlowFilter()).match(current, flow_id, type, true);

of code is doing

[Community Alums]

Hi @ashu1612 ,

Here's a breakdown of what this line of code does:

new sn_state_flow.StateFlowFilter(): This creates a new instance of the StateFlowFilter class from the sn_state_flow namespace. This class is likely used for filtering state flows in ServiceNow.

.match(current, flow_id, type, true): This calls the match method on the newly created StateFlowFilter instance. The match method appears to take four parameters:

current: This is often a reference to the current GlideRecord in ServiceNow, representing the record being processed.

flow_id: This likely refers to the ID of the flow you are trying to match against.

type: This could be the type of the flow or the type of the matching condition.

true: This is a boolean parameter, which might be used to indicate whether the match should be strict, inclusive, or some other condition based on the method's implementation.

Answer =: This assigns the result of the match method to the variable Answer.

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[SN_Learn]

Hi @ashu1612 ,

new sn_state_flow.StateFlowFilter()

This part of code is creating a new instance of ' StateFlowFilter' class from the 'sn_state_flow' namespace. This is used to handle the state transitions in workflow.

.match(current, flow_id, type, true)

This method is use to check if the current record is matching specific criteria for state transition.

current refer to current Glide Record.

flow_id is identifier of the state flow that you will be checking against.

type refer to the type of state transition being checked.

Overall in summary, it is checking if a particular record is meeting the criteria for a particular state transition in flow.

[VidishaMishra]

Did you get the answer for this piece of code? I am working on the same and need to understand how that works in order to trace the visibility of the UI action.