OEMakeMatchField

OEMakeMatchField(name: str, t: OEFieldTypeHandler, meta=OEFieldMeta=None, readonly: bool=false, ol nullable=false) -> OEMatchField

Creates an OEMatchField object to be used for adding data to, or retrieving data from, an OERecord object. Match fields are used mainly to retrieve data from a record when you don’t know the name of a field but know its type and associated metadata.

name

The name the field will be given.

t

This specifies the type of match field to be created. This will usually come from the Types namespace.

meta

If this field is provided, the returned OEMatchField object will only retrieve data from fields that match this metadata.

readonly

If true, the returned match field can only be used to read data to a record, not write it.

nullable

If true, the returned field match field will allow setting of null values on a record.