com.sas.metadata.remote
Class FastMetadata

com.sas.metadata.remote.FastMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>

public class FastMetadata

FastMetadata is a lightweight wrapper for the attribute and association maps returned by the getMetadataNoCache and getMetadataObjectsNoCache methods of MdOMIUtil. This object allows attributes and associations to be fetched from the map without run-time casts in the calling code.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

FastMetadata()

Method Summary

java.util.List<FastMetadata>	getAssociation(java.lang.String key) Returns a list of associated objects for a specified object association
java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String key) Returns a specified object attribute.

Constructor Detail

FastMetadata

public FastMetadata()

Method Detail

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String key)

Returns a specified object attribute.

Parameters:

key - attribute name

Returns:

the attribute value

getAssociation

public java.util.List<FastMetadata> getAssociation(java.lang.String key)

Returns a list of associated objects for a specified object association

Parameters:

key - association name

Returns:

the associated objects