getCardinality()

Retrieves the cardinality of an attribute, given the attribute's name or its position in the business object's attribute list.

Syntax

public String getCardinality(String attrName);
 public String getCardinality(int position);
 

Parameters

attrName
Is the name of an attribute whose cardinality is retrieved.

position
Is an integer that specifies the ordinal yposition of an attribute in the business object's attribute list.

Return values

A String containing the cardinality of the attribute. The value of the string is either:

1
attribute has single cardinality or is a simple attribute

n
attribute has multiple cardinality

Exceptions

AttributeNotFoundException
Thrown if the position or name specified is not valid for the definition of this business object.

See also

hasCardinality(), isMultipleCard()

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