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Represents an ordered list of items of a certain type. Example:

var l : List<Int> := [1, 2, 3, 4];

Sorted output of lists can be created using the for loop filter in templates or actions:

for(u:User in [u1,u2,u3] order by u.name desc){
  output(u)
}

Fields

length

Gives the number of items in the list.

List<Entity>()

Creates an empty list of type Entity.

List<Entity>(..., Entity, ...)

Creates a list of type Entity with the elements resulting from the comma separated argument expressions.

Example:

var list := List<User>(User{},SubSubUser{},SubUser{})

[Entity, ...]

Creates a list of type Entity (type of first element) with the elements resulting from the comma separated expressions between the [ ].

Example:

var list := [User{ name := "test" },SubUser{},uservar]

add(Entity)

Adds the entity to this list.

remove(Entity)

Removes the first occurence of Entity in this list.

clear()

Removes all entities in this list.

addAll(List/Set)

Adds all entities of the List/Set to this list.

set() : Set<Entity>

Creates a Set containing the unique elements in this list.

indexOf(Entity) : Int

Returns the index of the first occurence of Entity in this list. Returns -1 if the Entity is not in this list.

get(Int)

Returns the element at location Int in this list.

set(Int,Entity)

Sets the list element at Int to Entity. If the Int is not within bounds, nothing is set, and a warning is shown in the log.

insert(Int,Entity)

Inserts the Entity at location Int in this list. If the Int is not within bounds, nothing is set, and a warning is shown in the log.

removeAt(Int)

Removes the element at location Int in this list. If the Int is not within bounds, nothing is set, and a warning is shown in the log.

subList(from:Int,to:Int):List<Entity>

Returns a portion of this list between the specified from, inclusive, and to, exclusive.