---
title: Check claim media presence
summary: Reports whether a claim has any associated recordings, without requiring the full service dependency set.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-09-15
library: SAIF.Application.Services.AudioVideo.32
reference_type: package
operation_id: OP-AV-HAS-MEDIA
trigger: Caller invokes AudioVideoService.HasMedia(long claimId)
---

# Check claim media presence

`HasMedia` is the only `AudioVideoService` operation usable on the "disabled services" instance — the `AudioVideoService(IUnitOfWork uow)` reduced constructor — and is deliberately exempted from the `_enableServicesFlag` gate that blocks every other operation ([BR-AV-19](../business-rules.md#br-av-19-reduced-constructor-operation-restriction)).

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **Operation ID** | OP-AV-HAS-MEDIA |
| **Trigger** | Caller invokes `AudioVideoService.HasMedia(long claimId)` |
| **Inputs** | `long claimId` |
| **Outputs** | `bool` — `true` if any `Recording` row exists for the claim |
| **Primary components** | `AudioVideoService.HasMedia` |
| **Entry point** | `Application\SAIF.Application.Services.AudioVideo\Services\Utilities\AudioVideo\AudioVideoService.cs` |

## Steps

1. Caller invokes `HasMedia(long claimId)` on any `AudioVideoService` instance, including one constructed via the reduced (`IUnitOfWork`-only) constructor.
2. Executes `_uow.GetRepository<Recording>().Query().Any(x => x.ClaimID == claimId)` against the `Recording` entity set.
3. Returns the boolean result directly to the caller — no exception path exists in this operation.

A documented external caller ("ClaimTasksNotes/DependencyMap.cs", outside this library's scope) uses this operation's result to decide whether to show a media-list icon.*

## Process flow

The following diagram visualizes this operation's control flow.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
	Start([HasMedia called]) --> Query[Query Recording rows by ClaimID]
	Query --> Result([Return true/false])
```

## Failure and edge-case behavior
- No error branch exists; an empty result set simply yields `false`.
- Available regardless of which `AudioVideoService` constructor was used, unlike every other operation in this library ([BR-AV-19](../business-rules.md#br-av-19-reduced-constructor-operation-restriction)).

> **Note:** Statements marked with `*` were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with `**` could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Related documentation
- [Operations and processes](../operations-processes.md)
- [Business rules](../business-rules.md)

## Sources
- `Application\SAIF.Application.Services.AudioVideo\Services\Utilities\AudioVideo\AudioVideoService.cs`