Cloud Datastore V1 Client - Class PathElement (1.24.4) Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Datastore V1 Client class PathElement.
A (kind, ID/name) pair used to construct a key path.
If either name or ID is set, the element is complete.If neither is set, the element is incomplete.
Generated from protobuf messagegoogle.datastore.v1.Key.PathElement
Namespace
Google \ Cloud \ Datastore \ V1 \ KeyMethods
__construct
Constructor.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| Name | Description |
data | arrayOptional. Data for populating the Message object. |
↳ kind | stringThe kind of the entity. A kind matching regex |
↳ id | int|stringThe auto-allocated ID of the entity. Never equal to zero. Values less than zero are discouraged and may not be supported in the future. |
↳ name | stringThe name of the entity. A name matching regex |
getKind
The kind of the entity.
A kind matching regex__.*__ is reserved/read-only.A kind must not contain more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.Cannot be"".Must be valid UTF-8 bytes. Legacy values that are not valid UTF-8 areencoded as__bytes<X>__ where<X> is the base-64 encoding of thebytes.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
string | |
setKind
The kind of the entity.
A kind matching regex__.*__ is reserved/read-only.A kind must not contain more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.Cannot be"".Must be valid UTF-8 bytes. Legacy values that are not valid UTF-8 areencoded as__bytes<X>__ where<X> is the base-64 encoding of thebytes.
| Parameter | |
|---|---|
| Name | Description |
var | string |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
$this | |
getId
The auto-allocated ID of the entity.
Never equal to zero. Values less than zero are discouraged and may notbe supported in the future.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
int|string | |
hasId
setId
The auto-allocated ID of the entity.
Never equal to zero. Values less than zero are discouraged and may notbe supported in the future.
| Parameter | |
|---|---|
| Name | Description |
var | int|string |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
$this | |
getName
The name of the entity.
A name matching regex__.*__ is reserved/read-only.A name must not be more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.Cannot be"".Must be valid UTF-8 bytes. Legacy values that are not valid UTF-8 areencoded as__bytes<X>__ where<X> is the base-64 encoding of thebytes.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
string | |
hasName
setName
The name of the entity.
A name matching regex__.*__ is reserved/read-only.A name must not be more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.Cannot be"".Must be valid UTF-8 bytes. Legacy values that are not valid UTF-8 areencoded as__bytes<X>__ where<X> is the base-64 encoding of thebytes.
| Parameter | |
|---|---|
| Name | Description |
var | string |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
$this | |
getIdType
| Returns | |
|---|---|
| Type | Description |
string | |
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2026-01-24 UTC.