UpdateType


superclasses:

Enumeration

values:

add replaceAll replacePart delete

comments:

Updating operations may be assisted through the appropriate choice of value from this enumeration. Four kinds of operations are recognized.

add: the object is to be added to the product or geographic object, (as identified in UpdateOperation.

replaceAll: the object is intended as a complete replacement for a previous copy.

replacePart: Partial modification to an existing object is required. It implies that only those parts of the object which contain values, i.e., which are specified, should replace the previous values.

delete: the geographic object should be deleted from the database. If deletion is the intention, the geographic object still must be defined, but with unspecified attributes.


Links to Section 3.8 and the complete SAIF class list