This method translates an object identifier into an internal identifier. Internal identifiers are used by the Repository engine to identify Repository objects.
variable = object.ObjectIDToInternalID( objectId )
The ObjectIDToInternalID method syntax has the following parts.
| Part | Description |
| variable | Receives the internal identifier. |
| object | The object that represents the open Repository instance through which this program is interacting with the Repository. |
| objectId | The object identifier to be converted. |
Repository object identifiers are globally unique, and are the same across repositories for the same object. Internal identifiers are unique only within the scope of a single Repository.
The translation performed by this method is performed without loading the object in question. This enables database queries involving an object or relationship type identifier to be constructed without having to load the definition object.