+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| CiviCRM version 4.6 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Copyright CiviCRM LLC (c) 2004-2014 |
+ | Copyright CiviCRM LLC (c) 2004-2015 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| This file is a part of CiviCRM. |
| |
*/
/**
- * File for the CiviCRM APIv3 group functions
+ * This api exposes CiviCRM contact types and sub-types.
+ *
+ * CiviCRM comes with 3 primary contact types - Individual, Organization & Household.
+ * Changing these is not advised, but sub_types can be created with this api.
+ * Pass 'parent_id' param to specify which base type a new sub_type extends.
*
* @package CiviCRM_APIv3
- * @subpackage API_Survey
- * @copyright CiviCRM LLC (c) 2004-2014
*/
/**
- * create/update contact_type
+ * Create/update ContactType.
*
- * This API is used to create new contact_type or update any of the existing
- * In case of updating existing contact_type, id of that particular contact_type must
+ * This API is used to create new ContactType or update any of the existing
+ * In case of updating existing ContactType, id of that particular ContactType must
* be in $params array.
*
* @param array $params
- * (reference) Associative array of property.
- * name/value pairs to insert in new 'contact_type'
+ * Array per getfields metadata.
*
* @return array
- * contact_type array
- *
- * @access public
+ * ContactType array
*/
function civicrm_api3_contact_type_create($params) {
civicrm_api3_verify_mandatory($params, _civicrm_api3_get_DAO(__FUNCTION__), array('name', 'parent_id'));
}
/**
- * Returns array of contact_types matching a set of one or more group properties
+ * Returns array of contact_types matching a set of one or more properties.
*
* @param array $params
- * One or more valid.
- * property_name=>value pairs. If $params is set
- * as null, all contact_types will be returned
+ * One or more valid property_name=>value pairs.
+ * If $params is set as null, all contact_types will be returned
*
* @return array
* Array of matching contact_types
- * @access public
*/
function civicrm_api3_contact_type_get($params) {
civicrm_api3_verify_mandatory($params);
}
/**
- * delete an existing contact_type
+ * Delete an existing ContactType.
*
- * This method is used to delete any existing contact_type. id of the group
- * to be deleted is required field in $params array
+ * This method is used to delete any existing ContactType given its id.
*
* @param array $params
- * Array containing id of the group.
- * to be deleted
+ * [id]
*
* @return array
* API Result Array
- *
- * @access public
*/
function civicrm_api3_contact_type_delete($params) {
return _civicrm_api3_basic_delete(_civicrm_api3_get_BAO(__FUNCTION__), $params);