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com.sas.services.information.util
Class ISUtility

com.sas.services.information.util.ISUtility

public class ISUtility

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getLocalizedTypeName(java.lang.String type) Get a user friendly display string for a type from SmartTypes in the default locale.
static java.lang.String	getLocalizedTypeName(java.lang.String type, java.util.Locale locale) Get a user friendly display string for a type from SmartTypes in the specified locale.
static PathUrl	getPathFromEntityKey(UserContextInterface user, java.lang.String iSEntityKey) Get a PathUrl from an Information Service entity key.

Method Detail

getPathFromEntityKey

public static PathUrl getPathFromEntityKey(UserContextInterface user,
                                           java.lang.String iSEntityKey)
                                    throws ServiceException,
                                           java.rmi.RemoteException

Get a PathUrl from an Information Service entity key. The key may come from a MetadataInterface.getEntityKey() method call, or a BrowseMetadataInterface.getISEntityKey() call. A single trip to the repository is performed to get the necessary information to find the path information to build the PathUrl object.

Parameters:

user - The UserContext to use to look in the repository for the path information.

iSEntityKey - The Information Service entity key representing the object to calculate the path for.

Returns:

The PathUrl object for the metadata object, or null if no valid path can be determined.

Throws:

ServiceException - If a repository error occurs.

java.rmi.RemoteException - If a remote object failure occurs with the repository.

getLocalizedTypeName

public static java.lang.String getLocalizedTypeName(java.lang.String type)

Get a user friendly display string for a type from SmartTypes in the default locale.

Parameters:

type - A type string from SmartTypes.

Returns:

The localized, display-friendly string for the type or "" if a resource with the correct name wasn't found.

getLocalizedTypeName

public static java.lang.String getLocalizedTypeName(java.lang.String type,
                                                    java.util.Locale locale)

Get a user friendly display string for a type from SmartTypes in the specified locale.

Parameters:

type - A type string from SmartTypes.

Returns:

The localized, display-friendly string for the type or "" if a resource with the correct name wasn't found.

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