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ProductCategoryService

Provides layer to manipulate product categories.

constructor​

Parameters​

__namedParametersInjectedDependenciesRequired

Properties​

manager_EntityManagerRequired
transactionManager_undefined | EntityManagerRequired
__container__anyRequired
productCategoryRepo_TreeRepository<ProductCategory> & objectRequired
eventBusService_EventBusServiceRequired
EventsobjectRequired
Events.CREATEDstringRequired

Default: "product-category.created"

Events.UPDATEDstringRequired

Default: "product-category.updated"

Events.DELETEDstringRequired

Default: "product-category.deleted"

__configModule__Record<string, unknown>
__moduleDeclaration__Record<string, unknown>

Accessors​

activeManager_​

Returns​

EntityManagerEntityManagerRequired

Methods​

withTransaction​

Parameters​

transactionManagerEntityManager

Returns​

thisthisRequired

shouldRetryTransaction_​

Parameters​

errRecord<string, unknown> | objectRequired

Returns​

booleanbooleanRequired

atomicPhase_​

Wraps some work within a transactional block. If the service already has a transaction manager attached this will be reused, otherwise a new transaction manager is created.

Type Parameters​

TResultobjectRequired
TErrorobjectRequired

Parameters​

work(transactionManager: EntityManager) => Promise<TResult>Required
the transactional work to be done
isolationOrErrorHandlerIsolationLevel | (error: TError) => Promise<void | TResult>
the isolation level to be used for the work.
maybeErrorHandlerOrDontFail(error: TError) => Promise<void | TResult>
Potential error handler

Returns​

PromisePromise<TResult>Required
the result of the transactional work

listAndCount​

Lists product category based on the provided parameters and includes the count of product category that match the query.

Parameters​

selectorTreeQuerySelector<ProductCategory>Required
Filter options for product category.
configFindConfig<ProductCategory>Required
Configuration for query.
treeSelectorQuerySelector<ProductCategory>Required
Filter options for product category tree relations

Default: {}

Returns​

PromisePromise<[ProductCategory[], number]>Required
an array containing the product category as the first element and the total count of product category that matches the query as the second element.

retrieve_​

A generic retrieve for fining product categories by different attributes.

Parameters​

configFindConfig<ProductCategory>Required
the config of the product category to retrieve.

Default: {}

selectorSelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

treeSelectorQuerySelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

Returns​

PromisePromise<ProductCategory>Required
the product category.

retrieve​

Retrieves a product category by id.

Parameters​

productCategoryIdstringRequired
the id of the product category to retrieve.
configFindConfig<ProductCategory>Required
the config of the product category to retrieve.

Default: {}

selectorSelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

treeSelectorQuerySelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

Returns​

PromisePromise<ProductCategory>Required
the product category.

retrieveByHandle​

Retrieves a product category by handle.

Parameters​

handlestringRequired
the handle of the category
configFindConfig<ProductCategory>Required
the config of the product category to retrieve.

Default: {}

selectorSelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

treeSelectorQuerySelector<ProductCategory>Required

Default: {}

Returns​

PromisePromise<ProductCategory>Required
the product category.

create​

Creates a product category

Parameters​

productCategoryInputCreateProductCategoryInputRequired
parameters to create a product category

Returns​

PromisePromise<ProductCategory>Required
created product category

update​

Updates a product category

Parameters​

productCategoryIdstringRequired
id of product category to update
productCategoryInputUpdateProductCategoryInputRequired
parameters to update in product category

Returns​

PromisePromise<ProductCategory>Required
updated product category

delete​

Deletes a product category

Parameters​

productCategoryIdstringRequired
is the id of the product category to delete

Returns​

PromisePromise<void>Required
a promise

addProducts​

Add a batch of product to a product category

Parameters​

productCategoryIdstringRequired
The id of the product category on which to add the products
productIdsstring[]Required
The products ids to attach to the product category

Returns​

PromisePromise<void>Required
the product category on which the products have been added

removeProducts​

Remove a batch of product from a product category

Parameters​

productCategoryIdstringRequired
The id of the product category on which to remove the products
productIdsstring[]Required
The products ids to remove from the product category

Returns​

PromisePromise<void>Required
the product category on which the products have been removed

fetchReorderConditions​

Parameters​

productCategoryProductCategoryRequired
inputUpdateProductCategoryInputRequired
shouldDeleteElementbooleanRequired

Default: false

Returns​

ReorderConditionsReorderConditionsRequired

performReordering​

Parameters​

repositoryTreeRepository<ProductCategory> & objectRequired
conditionsReorderConditionsRequired

Returns​

PromisePromise<void>Required

shiftSiblings​

Parameters​

repositoryTreeRepository<ProductCategory> & objectRequired
conditionsReorderConditionsRequired

Returns​

PromisePromise<void>Required

transformParentIdToEntity​

Accepts an input object and transforms product_category_id into product_category entity.

Parameters​

productCategoryInputCreateProductCategoryInput | UpdateProductCategoryInputRequired
params used to create/update

Returns​

PromisePromise<CreateProductCategoryInput | UpdateProductCategoryInput>Required
transformed productCategoryInput
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