ExpandedEntity (FROST-Client 0.40 API)

java.lang.Object
- de.fraunhofer.iosb.ilt.sta.query.ExpandedEntity

```
public class ExpandedEntity
extends Object
```
An expanded entity is an entity to be included into a request.

Author:

Nils Sommer

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ExpandedEntity`	`from(EntityType... entities)`	Build an expanded entity.
`EntityType`	`getDirectSibling()`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - from
```
public static ExpandedEntity from(EntityType... entities)
                           throws InvalidRelationException
```
    Build an expanded entity. Entities can be nested to create an expanded entity, e.g. Thing/Locations in a Datastream request will include the Thing of the Datastream as well as all the Locations of the Thing.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entities - the entity types that construct this expanded entity
    
    Returns:
    
    the expanded entity
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidRelationException - the entity types are not related to each other
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - getDirectSibling
```
public EntityType getDirectSibling()
```