_instances
Returns all of the non-Model Things that are based on this --
Function
Thing Type -> _instances
(useAppModel) -> Thing Type
- Receives -- Thing Type
- A Model
- useAppModel (optional)
- Iff true, and this Model is from an App, this returns all the Things based on the App's version of it.
- Produces
- All of the Instances based on this Model
A Model is sort of like the concept of a Thing: "Person" or "CD" or "Recipe".
An Instance is an actual Thing based on one of those Models: "Joe" or "In Through the Out Door" or "Macaroni and Cheese".
Most of the time, when using Querki, you want to create one or more Models that describe the kinds
of Things you're interested in, and then create a bunch of Instances of each Model.
So _instances looks like this:
MODEL -> _instances -> LIST OF INSTANCES
That is, it receives a Model, and produces the Instances that come from that Model.
If your Instances have Names or Link Names, this list will be sorted by those names.
If you have sub-Models under Model (that add more Properties, for example), this will include Instance of those as well.
This will usually include Instances found in Apps, if there are any. (There usually aren't, but it's sometimes
relevant.) If you only want Instances of the local Shadow Model, set useAppModel to false.
