| Understanding com.sas.metadata.remote Interfaces and Classes |
The CMetadata interface
is the intermediate interface
that is used to describe all metadata objects, such as a PhysicalTable, Column,
Person, or LogicalServer. The CMetadata interface contains the basic attributes
for all metadata objects, such as Name, Description, FQID, MetadataCreated
time, and MetadataUpdated time. All metadata objects inherit these attributes.
They also inherit the routines that are used to get and set these attributes.
For example, routines such as getName and setName or getDesc and setDesc
are all inherited from CMetadata.
Other frequently used CMetadata methods are summarized in the following
table.
Frequently Used CMetadata Methods
|
Method Name |
Description |
|
delete |
Marks an object as deleted in its parent object store. The object remains
available until the object store is persisted to the SAS Metadata Server with
the updateMetadataAll() method. |
|
dispose |
Removes the object and all links to an object and clears it from memory. |
|
getCMetadataType |
Returns the metadata type of an object. |
|
getObjectStore |
Gets the object store for an object. |
|
getRepositoryID |
Returns an object's repository identifier. |
|
updateMetadataAll |
Persists new and modified objects in the SAS Metadata
Server. |
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