This is an example of how to read an object from the SAS Metadata Server. This example will retrieve an existing PhysicalTable along with its attributes and a set of associations.
/**
* This method retrieves detailed information for a specific PhysicalTable
* @param table the table to retrieve
*/
public void getTableInformation(PhysicalTable table)
{
try
{
// Print a descriptive message about the request.
System.out.println("\nRetrieving information for a specific PhysicalTable");
// Create a template to retreive detailed information for this table
String template = "<Templates>" +
"<PhysicalTable>" +
"<Columns/>" +
"<Notes/>" +
"<Keywords/>" +
"</PhysicalTable>" +
"</Templates>";
// Use the OMI_ALL_SIMPLE flag to get all attributes for each table returned
int flags = MdOMIUtil.OMI_GET_METADATA | MdOMIUtil.OMI_ALL_SIMPLE |
MdOMIUtil.OMI_TEMPLATE;
table = (PhysicalTable) _factory.getOMIUtil().getMetadataAllDepths
(table,
null,
null,
template,
flags);
// Print information about the table
System.out.println("Table attributes: ");
System.out.println(" Name = " + table.getName());
System.out.println(" Id = " + table.getId());
System.out.println(" Description = " + table.getDesc());
System.out.println(" Created Date = " + table.getMetadataCreated());
System.out.println("Table associations: ");
System.out.println(" Number of Columns = " + table.getColumns().size());
System.out.println(" Number of Keywords = " + table.getKeywords().size());
System.out.println(" Number of Notes = " + table.getNotes().size());
}
catch (MdException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (RemoteException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}