UniqueKey Class

  • java.lang.Object
    • com.azure.cosmos.models.UniqueKey

public final class UniqueKey

Represents a unique key on that enforces uniqueness constraint on items in the container in the Azure Cosmos DB service.

  1. For containers, the value of partition key is implicitly a part of each unique key.

  2. Uniqueness constraint is also enforced for missing values.

For instance, if unique key policy defines a unique key with single property path, there could be only one item that has missing value for this property.

Constructor Summary

Constructor Description
UniqueKey(List<String> paths)

Instantiates a new Unique key with paths.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method and Description
List<String> getPaths()

Gets the paths, a set of which must be unique for each item in the Azure Cosmos DB service.

UniqueKey setPaths(List<String> paths)

Sets the paths, a set of which must be unique for each item in the Azure Cosmos DB service.

Methods inherited from java.lang.Object

Constructor Details

UniqueKey

public UniqueKey(List paths)

Instantiates a new Unique key with paths.

Parameters:

paths - the unique paths.

Method Details

getPaths

public List getPaths()

Gets the paths, a set of which must be unique for each item in the Azure Cosmos DB service.

The paths to enforce uniqueness on. Each path is a rooted path of the unique property in the item, such as "/name/first".

Returns:

the unique paths.

setPaths

public UniqueKey setPaths(List paths)

Sets the paths, a set of which must be unique for each item in the Azure Cosmos DB service.

The paths to enforce uniqueness on. Each path is a rooted path of the unique property in the item, such as "/name/first".

Parameters:

paths - the unique paths.

Returns:

the Unique Key.

Applies to