Utility for checking a parameter for a Method is a valid record for a table.

DrewW — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:22:57 GMT

So there are many times when building Script Includes I need/want to check the values passed in to make sure that what I have is a GlideRecord or a valid SYS_ID for a table. Other times I want to make sure that my method can take either a GlideRecord or a SYS_ID as an input to make it more flexible. So I built the below Utility script include to allow me to do that without having to add something to every script include that I built. I thought I would share it for others to use if they so chose. Since it can make your Script Include more flexible in how you use them.

The code is below but I also attached an XML file that you can just import. There is also a simple example at the bottom.

Code:

Example:

For a simple example lets say you need a Utility that will set a user's Active or Inactive and you want to be able to pass in either a GlideRecord or a SYS_ID to the same method.

//Usage with just a SYS_ID var sys_id = "64aced3cda4d18101c3d00621849a340"; userUtil.setActive(sys_id, false, true); //Usage in a business run on the sys_user table (function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/) { userUtil.setActive(current, false, false); })(current, previous); //********** Sample Script Include var userUtil = Class.create(); userUtil.prototype = { initialize: function() { }, type: 'userUtil' }; userUtil.setActive = function(userRec, value, doUpdate) { var user = scriptIncludeUtil.checkGetGlideRecord(userRec, "sys_user"); if(user) { user.setValue("active", value); if(doUpdate) user.update(); } }

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