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DilipanV105 Member since 2012 144 posts
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Posted: 1 year ago
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atools and tools parameter values used in functions

I have seen in lot of functions in Pega where a value called "tools" or "atools" sometimes passed as values for parameters (of type PublicAPI/ Activities) like below

@DecisionTable.ObtainValue(tools,myStepPage,"StageCode",true)

Anyone knows the reason for it, just to understand it, don't want to use it blindley.

***Edited by Moderator Marissa to update platform capability tags****

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Posted: 1 year ago

You should mention it to use PublicAPI function inside of the Java function. E.g in ObtainValue it used to get Parameter page.


There is also another way of doing this without passing "tools" parameters to the function:


you can use following code in your function:


PRThread  thisThread = (PRThread)ThreadContainer.get();


if (thisThread != null) {


tools = thisThread.getPublicAPI();


}


But for old OOTB functions (like ObtainValue) you have to stick to passing reference for PublicAPI

Posted: 1 year ago

So tools is some kind of reference to the PublicAPI to the current thread ?


what does getPublicAPI function do ?

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Posted: 1 year ago

tools - this is instance of PublicAPI


getPublicAPI returns instance of PublicAPI
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