com.sas.iquery.metadata.business
Interface ExtendedAttributes

All Known Subinterfaces:

BusinessGroup, BusinessItem, BusinessModelObject, BusinessRule, CompoundFilter, DataItem, DataItemReference, DrillThroughToDetail, FilterCascadeRule, FilterItem, Governing, InformationMap, MapFolder, Prompt

public interface ExtendedAttributes

This class set and get an extended attribute on an entry.

An extended attribute is a piece of metadata about an existing object that is not part of the standard metadata for that object. For example, the standard metadata for a column object contains attributes like name, length, type, format, etc.

See Also:

com.sas.entities

Method Summary

abstract com.sas.entities.EntityInterface	getExtendedAttributes() Returns the entity containing extended attributes for this object.
abstract void	setExtendedAttributes(com.sas.entities.EntityInterface attrEntity) Sets the entity containing extended attributes for this object.

Method Detail

setExtendedAttributes

void setExtendedAttributes(com.sas.entities.EntityInterface attrEntity)
                           throws MetadataException

Sets the entity containing extended attributes for this object. Null indicates no extended attributes are set for this object.

Property change events signalled:

• EVENT_OBJECT_PROPERTY_CHANGED

Parameters:

attrEntity - - the extended attribute entity to be associated with this object.

Throws:

MetadataException - if there is a problem associating the entity to this object.

MetadataNotChangeableException - if this object is read-only

See Also:

Entity.Entity(), AttributeDescriptor.AttributeDescriptor()

getExtendedAttributes

com.sas.entities.EntityInterface getExtendedAttributes()

Returns the entity containing extended attributes for this object. Null indicates no extended attributes are set for this object. The entity object returned is a reference to the internal entity. Thus any changes made to the returned entity will be reflected in this object without event notification.

Returns:

the entity object containing all the extended attributes for this object.

See Also:

Entity.Entity(), AttributeDescriptor.AttributeDescriptor()