com.sas.iquery.metadata.business
Interface ExportObjectFactoryInterface<U,X>

Type Parameters:

U - Underlying object class.

X - Export object class.

public interface ExportObjectFactoryInterface<U,X>

Extendible discovery and create ExportObject interface with templates: U = underlying object class, X = export object class.

Method Summary

abstract X	createObject(java.lang.String useUniqueExportName, U objectToExport, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Create a new instance of the export object supported by this factory.
abstract java.util.List<X>	discover(ExportDiscoveryType discoveryType, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Discover all of the export objects using the options as needed by the factory.
abstract java.util.List<U>	discoverUnderlyingObjects(ExportDiscoveryType discoveryType, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Discover all of the underlying objects using the options as needed by the factory.
abstract java.util.List<U>	find(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list, java.lang.Class<U> cls, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Discover a subset of the objects associated using the options as needed by the factory where the export objects have a unique name in the lookup list.
abstract java.util.List<X>	find(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Discover a subset of the export objects associated using the options as needed by the factory where the export objects have a unique name in the lookup list.
abstract java.lang.String	makeUniqueExportName(U objectToExport, ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata, java.lang.Object... qualifiers) Mints a unique name for the object to be exported and applies the specified qualifiers.

Method Detail

makeUniqueExportName

java.lang.String makeUniqueExportName(U objectToExport,
                                      ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
                                      java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
                                      throws MetadataException

Mints a unique name for the object to be exported and applies the specified qualifiers.

Parameters:

objectToExport -

exportMetadata -

qualifiers -

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException

createObject

X createObject(java.lang.String useUniqueExportName,
               U objectToExport,
               ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
               java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
               throws MetadataException

Create a new instance of the export object supported by this factory.

Parameters:

useUniqueExportName - may be null to autoAssign one (if null the options will be passed to the mintUniqueExportName(...) along with the object to assign a new unique name).

objectToExport -

exportMetadata -

qualifiers - factory specific qualifiers for export object search.

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException

find

java.util.List<X> find(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list,
                       ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
                       java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
                       throws MetadataException

Discover a subset of the export objects associated using the options as needed by the factory where the export objects have a unique name in the lookup list.

Parameters:

list - a list of unique export names to limit the discovery.

exportMetadata -

qualifiers - factory specific qualifiers for unique export name creation.

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException

find

java.util.List<U> find(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list,
                       java.lang.Class<U> cls,
                       ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
                       java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
                       throws MetadataException

Discover a subset of the objects associated using the options as needed by the factory where the export objects have a unique name in the lookup list.

Parameters:

list - a list of unique export names to limit the discovery.

cls - the class to be searched for

exportMetadata -

qualifiers - factory specific qualifiers for unique export name creation.

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException

discover

java.util.List<X> discover(ExportDiscoveryType discoveryType,
                           ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
                           java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
                           throws MetadataException

Discover all of the export objects using the options as needed by the factory.

Parameters:

discoveryType -

exportMetadata -

qualifiers - factory specific qualifiers for export object discovery and creation.

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException

discoverUnderlyingObjects

java.util.List<U> discoverUnderlyingObjects(ExportDiscoveryType discoveryType,
                                            ExportGeneralMetadata exportMetadata,
                                            java.lang.Object... qualifiers)
                                            throws MetadataException

Discover all of the underlying objects using the options as needed by the factory.

Parameters:

discoveryType -

cls - the class to be searched for

exportMetadata -

qualifiers - factory specific qualifiers for underlying object discovery and creation.

Returns:

Throws:

MetadataException