public static String toCompactExternalId(Object cycObject, CycAccess access)
throws CycConnectionException {
if ((cycObject == null) || (!DefaultCycObject.isCycLObject(cycObject))) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(cycObject + "is not a valid CycL object.");
}
try {
if (cycObject instanceof Number) {
return CompactHLIDConverter.converter().toCompactHLId((Number) cycObject);
}
if (cycObject instanceof CycNumberImpl) {
return CompactHLIDConverter.converter()
.toCompactHLId(((CycNumberImpl) cycObject).getNumber());
}
if (cycObject instanceof String) {
return CompactHLIDConverter.converter().toCompactHLId((String) cycObject);
}
} catch (IOException ioe) {
throw new CycConnectionException(ioe);
}
Object result = cycObjectToCompactExternalIdCache.get(cycObject);
if (result != null) {
return (String) result;
}
result =
access
.converse()
.converseObject(
"(compact-hl-external-id-string "
+ DefaultCycObject.stringApiValue(cycObject)
+ ")");
if (!(result instanceof String)) {
throw new BaseClientRuntimeException("Got invalid result: " + result);
}
cycObjectToCompactExternalIdCache.put(cycObject, (String) result);
return (String) result;
}
