com.sas.storage.olap
Interface MetadataEntityInterface

All Known Subinterfaces:

CubeInterface, DimensionInterface, HierarchyInterface, LevelInterface, MeasureInterface, MemberInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cube, Dimension, Hierarchy, Level, Measure, Member

public interface MetadataEntityInterface

A base interace with all the common methods for the Metadata object.

Method Summary

java.util.Date	getCreationDateTime() Get the creation date of this object
java.lang.String	getDescription() get the description of this object
java.lang.String	getLabel() Get the label/caption for this metadata object
MetadataInterface	getMetadata() Returns an instance of the MetadataInterface that is associated with this cube.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the Name of this object
java.lang.String	getUniqueName() Get the Unique name of this object
java.util.Date	getUpdateDateTime() Get the last update/modified date time for this object

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()
                         throws OLAPException

Get the Name of this object

Returns:

Name of the metadata object

Throws:

OLAPException

getUniqueName

java.lang.String getUniqueName()
                               throws OLAPException

Get the Unique name of this object

Returns:

unique name of the object

Throws:

OLAPException

getLabel

java.lang.String getLabel()
                          throws OLAPException

Get the label/caption for this metadata object

Returns:

label

Throws:

OLAPException

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()
                                throws OLAPException

get the description of this object

Returns:

description of this object

Throws:

OLAPException

getCreationDateTime

java.util.Date getCreationDateTime()
                                   throws OLAPException

Get the creation date of this object

Returns:

Date time when the object was created

Throws:

OLAPException

getUpdateDateTime

java.util.Date getUpdateDateTime()
                                 throws OLAPException

Get the last update/modified date time for this object

Returns:

last update/modified date time of this object

Throws:

OLAPException

getMetadata

MetadataInterface getMetadata()
                              throws OLAPException

Returns an instance of the MetadataInterface that is associated with this cube. Null if the cube is not bound to a metadata object.

Returns:

The metadata object associated with this cube.

Throws:

OLAPException - if a database error occurs