com.sas.metadata.remote
Interface ExternalTable

All Superinterfaces:

Classifier, CMetadata, DataTable, MdObjectBase, MdObjectBaseUtil, MdObjectBaseXML, PrimaryType, java.rmi.Remote, Root

public interface ExternalTable
extends DataTable

Represents a table in an external data file.

Attributes of ExternalTable are:

Associations of ExternalTable are:

• OwningFile

Usage

To create an instance of this ExternalTable, use the factory create methods.
Example: create a ExternalTable with name "ExternalTable_Object", in repository "AAAAAAAA".

 // create a store to contain your objects for this change. If you do not have an existing object
 // or store to use.  You may obtain the store from another object by using Object.getObjectStore().
 MdFactory factory; //where "factory" is a valid MdFactory instance
 MdObjectStore objectStore = factory.createObjectStore();
 ExternalTable myObject = (ExternalTable) factory.createComplexMetadataObject(objectStore, "ExternalTable_Object", MetadataObjects.EXTERNALTABLE, "AAAAAAAA");
 myObject.updateMetadataAll();  // Write object to server
 objectStore.dispose();  // dispose of the object store if it is no longer needed
 

Behavior

• Attributes and associations for this object can be retrieved by using the methods in MdOMIUtil.
• When changes are made to the object, either by setting an attribute or adding objects to a particular association, they can be persisted to the metadata server with the updateMetadataAll method.
• If an object needs to be deleted, the delete method can be used. This will flag the object as being deleted on the client, and will require an update call to persist the change to the server.

Dependencies

This class depends on objects being contained in an MdObjectStore. Object stores should be disposed of when they are no longer needed as this will help clean up memory. Disposing an object store will dispose of all objects contained within that store.

Since:

9.0

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ASSOCIATION_OWNINGFILE_NAME Constant used for the name of the OwningFile association.

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.DataTable

ASSOCIATION_COLUMNS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_FOREIGNKEYS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_ROLES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TABLECOLLECTIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TABLEPACKAGE_NAME, ASSOCIATION_UNIQUEKEYS_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_NUMROWS_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_TABLENAME_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.Classifier

ASSOCIATION_SOURCECLASSIFIERMAPS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TARGETCLASSIFIERMAPS_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.PrimaryType

ASSOCIATION_FAVORITESCONTAINERS_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_ISHIDDEN_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_PUBLICTYPE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.Root

ASSOCIATION_ACCESSCONTROLS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_CHANGES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_CUSTOMASSOCIATIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_DOCUMENTS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_EXTENSIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_EXTERNALIDENTITIES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_GROUPS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_IMPLEMENTORS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_KEYWORDS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_LOCALIZEDATTRIBUTES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_NOTES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_PRIMARYPROPERTYGROUP_NAME, ASSOCIATION_PROMPTS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_PROPERTIES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_PROPERTYSETS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_REFERENCEDOBJECTS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_RESPONSIBLEPARTIES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_SOURCETRANSFORMATIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_SPECSOURCETRANSFORMATIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_SPECTARGETTRANSFORMATIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TARGETTRANSFORMATIONS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TIMESTAMPS_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TREES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_TSOBJECTNAMESPACE_NAME, ASSOCIATION_USEDBYPROTOTYPES_NAME, ASSOCIATION_USINGPROTOTYPE_NAME, ASSOCIATION_VARIABLES_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_CHANGESTATE_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_LOCKEDBY_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_USAGEVERSION_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectBase

ATTRIBUTE_DESC_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_ID_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_METADATACREATED_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_METADATAUPDATED_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_NAME_NAME

Method Summary

File	getOwningFile() Gets the File for OwningFile
AssociationList	getOwningFiles() Gets the AssociationList of OwningFiles
AssociationList	getOwningFiles(boolean fGoToServer) Gets the Associationlist of OwningFiles
void	initializePredObjects() (S) Adds the Associated objects to the predObjects which are: OwningFile
void	initializeRequiredObjects() (S) This initializes the Required Objects(Roles) which are:
void	setOwningFile(File inObject) Sets the OwningFiles list 0th element to be inObject.
void	setOwningFiles(AssociationList list) Sets the OwningFiles list to be list.
void	setOwningFiles(AssociationList list, int state) Sets the OwningFiles list to be list.

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.DataTable

getColumns, getColumns, getForeignKeys, getForeignKeys, getNumRows, getNumRowsState, getRoles, getRoles, getTableCollections, getTableCollections, getTableName, getTableNameMaxLength, getTableNameState, getTablePackage, getTablePackages, getTablePackages, getUniqueKeys, getUniqueKeys, setColumns, setColumns, setForeignKeys, setForeignKeys, setNumRows, setNumRows, setNumRows, setNumRows, setNumRowsState, setRoles, setRoles, setTableCollections, setTableCollections, setTableName, setTableName, setTableNameState, setTablePackage, setTablePackages, setTablePackages, setUniqueKeys, setUniqueKeys

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.Classifier

getSourceClassifierMaps, getSourceClassifierMaps, getTargetClassifierMaps, getTargetClassifierMaps, setSourceClassifierMaps, setSourceClassifierMaps, setTargetClassifierMaps, setTargetClassifierMaps

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.PrimaryType

getFavoritesContainers, getFavoritesContainers, getIsHidden, getIsHiddenState, getPublicType, getPublicTypeMaxLength, getPublicTypeState, setFavoritesContainers, setFavoritesContainers, setIsHidden, setIsHidden, setIsHidden, setIsHidden, setIsHiddenState, setPublicType, setPublicType, setPublicTypeState

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.Root

getAccessControls, getAccessControls, getChanges, getChanges, getChangeState, getChangeStateMaxLength, getChangeStateState, getCustomAssociations, getCustomAssociations, getDocuments, getDocuments, getExtensions, getExtensions, getExternalIdentities, getExternalIdentities, getGroups, getGroups, getImplementors, getImplementors, getKeywords, getKeywords, getLocalizedAttributes, getLocalizedAttributes, getLockedBy, getLockedByMaxLength, getLockedByState, getNotes, getNotes, getPrimaryPropertyGroup, getPrimaryPropertyGroups, getPrimaryPropertyGroups, getPrompts, getPrompts, getProperties, getProperties, getPropertySets, getPropertySets, getReferencedObjects, getReferencedObjects, getResponsibleParties, getResponsibleParties, getSourceTransformations, getSourceTransformations, getSpecSourceTransformations, getSpecSourceTransformations, getSpecTargetTransformations, getSpecTargetTransformations, getTargetTransformations, getTargetTransformations, getTimestamps, getTimestamps, getTrees, getTrees, getTSObjectNamespace, getTSObjectNamespaces, getTSObjectNamespaces, getUsageVersion, getUsageVersionState, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsedByPrototypes, getUsingPrototype, getUsingPrototypes, getUsingPrototypes, getVariables, getVariables, setAccessControls, setAccessControls, setChanges, setChanges, setChangeState, setChangeState, setChangeStateState, setCustomAssociations, setCustomAssociations, setDocuments, setDocuments, setExtensions, setExtensions, setExternalIdentities, setExternalIdentities, setGroups, setGroups, setImplementors, setImplementors, setKeywords, setKeywords, setLocalizedAttributes, setLocalizedAttributes, setLockedBy, setLockedBy, setLockedByState, setNotes, setNotes, setPrimaryPropertyGroup, setPrimaryPropertyGroups, setPrimaryPropertyGroups, setPrompts, setPrompts, setProperties, setProperties, setPropertySets, setPropertySets, setReferencedObjects, setReferencedObjects, setResponsibleParties, setResponsibleParties, setSourceTransformations, setSourceTransformations, setSpecSourceTransformations, setSpecSourceTransformations, setSpecTargetTransformations, setSpecTargetTransformations, setTargetTransformations, setTargetTransformations, setTimestamps, setTimestamps, setTrees, setTrees, setTSObjectNamespace, setTSObjectNamespaces, setTSObjectNamespaces, setUsageVersion, setUsageVersion, setUsageVersion, setUsageVersion, setUsageVersionState, setUsedByPrototypes, setUsedByPrototypes, setUsingPrototype, setUsingPrototypes, setUsingPrototypes, setVariables, setVariables

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectBaseXML

closeUpdateMetadataXML, createEmptyXML, createObjectRefreshXML, createObjectXML, createObjectXML, createUpdateAssociationXML, createUpdateAssociationXML, createUpdateSimpleXML, doCreateUpdateXML, getUpdateSimpleSubstring, updateMetadataAll

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectBaseUtil

addMdObjectListener, delete, dispose, fireMdObjectModified, getAssociatedObjects, getAssociatedObjects, getAssociatedObjects, getAssociationNames, getAssocs, getAssocsWA, getAttributeNames, getAttrs, getAttrsStates, getChangeManagementState, getChgMgtExternalIdentityImportType, getClientSideOnlyObject, getMdObjectAssociation, getPopulatedAssocs, getUpdatedAttrs, getViewList, isCheckedOut, isLocked, objectModified, removeMdObjectListener, setAttrs, setChangeManagementTargetRepository, setChgMgtExternalIdentityImportType, setClientSideOnlyObject, setMdObjectAssociation, touch, updateAssnsIds

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectBase

addElementToChangeList, clearChangeList, getChangeList, getCMetadataType, getDesc, getDescMaxLength, getDescState, getFQID, getId, getIdState, getMetadataCreated, getMetadataCreatedState, getMetadataUpdated, getMetadataUpdatedState, getName, getNameMaxLength, getNameState, getObjectStore, getPredAssociations, getRepositoryID, getRequiredAssociations, getState, isAssociationRequired, isNewObject, isPredAssociation, removeElementFromChangeList, resetObject, resetState, resetStates, setCMetadataType, setDesc, setDesc, setDescState, setFQID, setFQID, setId, setId, setIdState, setMetadataCreated, setMetadataCreated, setMetadataCreatedState, setMetadataUpdated, setMetadataUpdated, setMetadataUpdatedState, setName, setName, setNameState, setObjectStore, setState

Field Detail

ASSOCIATION_OWNINGFILE_NAME

static final java.lang.String ASSOCIATION_OWNINGFILE_NAME

Constant used for the name of the OwningFile association.

OwningFile: The file that contains the data for an external table.This relationship should not be used to represent SAS datasets. The PhysicalTable object should be used to represent a dataset.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

initializeRequiredObjects

void initializeRequiredObjects()
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

(S) This initializes the Required Objects(Roles) which are:

Specified by:

initializeRequiredObjects in interface Classifier

Specified by:

initializeRequiredObjects in interface DataTable

Specified by:

initializeRequiredObjects in interface MdObjectBaseUtil

Specified by:

initializeRequiredObjects in interface PrimaryType

Specified by:

initializeRequiredObjects in interface Root

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error connecting/communicating to/with remote object.

initializePredObjects

void initializePredObjects()
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

(S) Adds the Associated objects to the predObjects which are:
OwningFile

Specified by:

initializePredObjects in interface Classifier

Specified by:

initializePredObjects in interface DataTable

Specified by:

initializePredObjects in interface MdObjectBase

Specified by:

initializePredObjects in interface PrimaryType

Specified by:

initializePredObjects in interface Root

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error connecting/communicating to/with remote object.

getOwningFiles

AssociationList getOwningFiles()
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                      MdException

Gets the AssociationList of OwningFiles

Returns:

Returns the AssociationList of OwningFiles which can be of type:
File
ArchiveFile

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error connecting/communicating to/with remote object.

MdException

getOwningFile

File getOwningFile()
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                          MdException

Gets the File for OwningFile

Returns:

The File ( null if not set) of OwningFilewhich can be of type:
File
ArchiveFile

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error connecting/communicating to/with remote object.

MdException - If error getting/setting part of the object.

getOwningFiles

AssociationList getOwningFiles(boolean fGoToServer)
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                      MdException

Gets the Associationlist of OwningFiles

Parameters:

fGoToServer - boolean Get the value from the server.

Returns:

Returns the AssociationList of OwningFiles which can be of type:
File
ArchiveFile

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error connecting/communicating to/with remote object.

MdException - If error getting/setting part of the object.

setOwningFiles

void setOwningFiles(AssociationList list)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Sets the OwningFiles list to be list. Object of which can be of type:
File
ArchiveFile

Parameters:

list - AssociationList

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error communicating with remote object.

setOwningFiles

void setOwningFiles(AssociationList list,
                    int state)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Sets the OwningFiles list to be list. Object of which can be of type:
File
ArchiveFile

Parameters:

list - AssociationList

state - int

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error communicating with remote object.

setOwningFile

void setOwningFile(File inObject)
                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Sets the OwningFiles list 0th element to be inObject.

Parameters:

inObject - File

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - If error communicating with remote object.