Package gen :: Package lib :: Module primaryobj :: Class PrimaryObject

Class PrimaryObject

The PrimaryObject is the base class for all primary objects in the database.

Primary objects are the core objects in the database. Each object has a database handle and a GRAMPS ID value. The database handle is used as the record number for the database, and the GRAMPS ID is the user visible version.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, source=None)
Initialize a PrimaryObject.

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bool

has_handle_reference(self, classname, handle)
Return True if the object has reference to a given handle of given primary object type.

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remove_handle_references(self, classname, handle_list)
Remove all references in this object to object handles in the list.

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replace_handle_reference(self, classname, old_handle, new_handle)
Replace all references to old handle with those to the new handle.

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set_marker(self, marker)
Set the marker for the object.

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MarkerType

get_marker(self)
Return the marker for the object.

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Inherited from BasicPrimaryObject: get_change_display, get_change_time, get_gramps_id, get_handle, has_media_reference, has_source_reference, remove_media_references, remove_source_references, replace_media_references, replace_source_references, set_gramps_id, set_handle

Inherited from baseobj.BaseObject: get_handle_referents, get_referenced_handles, get_referenced_handles_recursively, get_text_data_child_list, get_text_data_list, matches_regexp, matches_string, serialize, unserialize

Inherited from privacybase.PrivacyBase: get_privacy, set_privacy

Method Details

init(self, source=None)
(Constructor)

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Initialize a PrimaryObject.

If source is None, both the ID and handle are assigned as empty strings. If source is not None, then object is initialized from values of the source object.

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