com.box.sdk

Class BoxTask

Object

BoxResource

BoxTask

public class BoxTask
extends BoxResource

Represents a task on Box. Tasks can have a due date and can be assigned to a specific user.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	BoxTask.Action Enumerates the possible actions that a task can have.
class	BoxTask.Info Contains information about a BoxTask.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BoxTask(BoxAPIConnection api, String id) Constructs a BoxTask for a task with a given ID.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BoxTaskAssignment.Info	addAssignment(BoxUser assignTo) Adds a new assignment to this task.
void	delete() Deletes this task.
List<BoxTaskAssignment.Info>	getAssignments() Gets any assignments for this task.
BoxTask.Info	getInfo() Gets information about this task.
void	updateInfo(BoxTask.Info info) Updates the information about this task with any info fields that have been modified locally.

Methods inherited from class BoxResource

equals, getAPI, getID, hashCode

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BoxTask

public BoxTask(BoxAPIConnection api,
               String id)

Constructs a BoxTask for a task with a given ID.

Parameters:

api - the API connection to be used by the task.

id - the ID of the task.

Method Detail

delete

public void delete()

Deletes this task.

addAssignment

public BoxTaskAssignment.Info addAssignment(BoxUser assignTo)

Adds a new assignment to this task.

Parameters:

assignTo - the user to assign the assignment to.

Returns:

information about the newly added task assignment.

getAssignments

public List<BoxTaskAssignment.Info> getAssignments()

Gets any assignments for this task.

Returns:

a list of assignments for this task.

getInfo

public BoxTask.Info getInfo()

Gets information about this task.

Returns:

info about this task.

updateInfo

public void updateInfo(BoxTask.Info info)

Updates the information about this task with any info fields that have been modified locally.

The only fields that will be updated are the ones that have been modified locally. For example, the following code won't update any information (or even send a network request) since none of the info's fields were changed:

BoxTask task = new BoxTask(api, id);
BoxTask.Info info = task.getInfo();
task.updateInfo(info);

Parameters:

info - the updated info.