Home > @i2analyze/i2connect > Result > addLinkWithSourceIdentifier
Result.addLinkWithSourceIdentifier() method
Adds a new link record to the result, whose identifier is a source identifier that you create.
Signature:
addLinkWithSourceIdentifier<TLinkType extends schema.ILinkType, TFromEnd extends records.ISeededResultEntityRecord | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ResultRecordId> | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ISourceIdentifier>, TToEnd extends records.ISeededResultEntityRecord | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ResultRecordId> | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ISourceIdentifier>>(type: TLinkType, id: records.ISourceIdentifier, fromEnd: TFromEnd, toEnd: TToEnd, direction?: data.LinkDirection): records.IResultLinkRecord<TLinkType, TFromEnd, TToEnd, records.ISourceIdentifier>;
Introduced: API version 1.0
Type Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TLinkType | extends schema.ILinkType | The type of the new link record. |
| TFromEnd | extends records.ISeededResultEntityRecord | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ResultRecordId> | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ISourceIdentifier> | The type of the entity record at the "from" end of the link. |
| TToEnd | extends records.ISeededResultEntityRecord | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ResultRecordId> | records.IResultEntityRecord<schema.IEntityType, records.ISourceIdentifier> | The type of the entity record at the "to" end of the link. |
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | TLinkType | The link type of the new record. |
| id | records.ISourceIdentifier | A source identifier for the new record. |
| fromEnd | TFromEnd | The entity record for the "from" end of the link, which was previously returned from Result.addEntity() or Result.addEntityFromSeed(). |
| toEnd | TToEnd | The entity record for the "to" end of the link, which was previously returned from Result.addEntity() or Result.addEntityFromSeed(). |
| direction | data.LinkDirection | The direction of the new link record, which defaults to "none". |
Returns:
records.IResultLinkRecord<TLinkType, TFromEnd, TToEnd, records.ISourceIdentifier>
The link record that was added to the result.