include/caosdb/transaction.h

@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ public:
    *
    * A client may request the current status at any time via GetStatus().
    *
-   * Use WaitForIt() to join the back-ground execution of this transaction.
+   * Use WaitForIt() to join the back-ground execution of this transaction, otherwise the behaviour
+   * of getting the ResultSet is undefined.
    */
   auto ExecuteAsynchronously() noexcept -> StatusCode;
 
@@ -353,7 +354,8 @@ public:
    * Join the background execution and return the status when the execution
    * terminates.
    *
-   * Use this after ExecuteAsynchronously().
+   * Use this after ExecuteAsynchronously(), otherwise the TransactionStatus still remains
+   * EXECUTING.
    */
   [[nodiscard]] auto WaitForIt() const noexcept -> TransactionStatus;
 

test/test_ccaosdb.cpp

@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ TEST_F(test_ccaosdb, test_entity) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(*is_list);
   EXPECT_FALSE(*is_ref);
 
+  caosdb_entity_entity_set_datatype(&entity, "Person", true, true);
+  caosdb_entity_entity_get_datatype(&entity, &out, is_ref, is_list);
+  EXPECT_EQ(strcmp(out, "Person"), 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(*is_list);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(*is_ref);
+
   caosdb_entity_entity_set_unit(&entity, "m");
   caosdb_entity_entity_get_unit(&entity, &out);
   EXPECT_EQ(strcmp(out, "m"), 0);