Package com.sas.services.information.browse

Class BrowseMetadata

java.lang.Object
com.sas.services.information.browse.BrowseMetadata
All Implemented Interfaces:
BrowseMetadataInterface, Serializable
public class BrowseMetadata extends Object implements BrowseMetadataInterface, Serializable
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • BrowseMetadata

      public BrowseMetadata(Map rawData)

  • Method Details

    • getRawData

      public Map getRawData()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the Map with the raw data for this object. This Map can be wrapped with a "smarter" object for accessing the data.
      Specified by:
      getRawData in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A map that represents simple attributes with String values, and associated objects as a List of Map objects.

    • get

      public Object get(String key)
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get an arbitrary object from the map. This may be an attribute or an association. Attributes have String values, associations are represented by a List of BrowseMetadataInterface objects.
      Specified by:
      get in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Parameters:
      key - The name of the attribute or association.
      Returns:
      A String representing an attribute value, or a List if key is an association.

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the object name.
      Specified by:
      getName in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      The object name string.

    • getDescription

      public String getDescription()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the object description.
      Specified by:
      getDescription in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      The object description string. An empty string will be returned rather than null if no description exists.

    • getCreateDate

      public long getCreateDate()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the date the metadata object was created.
      Specified by:
      getCreateDate in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A long representing the date and time the object was created.

    • getCreateDateAsDate

      public Date getCreateDateAsDate()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the date the metadata object was created.
      Specified by:
      getCreateDateAsDate in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A long representing the date and time the object was created.

    • getModifyDate

      public long getModifyDate()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the date the metadata object was most recently changed.
      Specified by:
      getModifyDate in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A long with the latest modification date and time for the object.

    • getModifyDateAsDate

      public Date getModifyDateAsDate()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the date the metadata object was most recently changed.
      Specified by:
      getModifyDateAsDate in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A long with the latest modification date and time for the object.

    • getKeywords

      public List getKeywords()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get a List of Strings with the keywords that are associated with this object.
      Specified by:
      getKeywords in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A List of String objects with the keywords.

    • getSmartType

      public String getSmartType()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the "smart" type of this object. For instance, return "Report" rather than "Transformation". If the smart object type couldn't be determined, the string "Metadata" will be returned.
      Specified by:
      getSmartType in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      The smart object type of this object.

    • getNativeType

      public String getNativeType()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the repository native type for this object. For instance, "Transformation" rather than "Report".
      Specified by:
      getNativeType in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      The repository specific type for this object.

    • getISEntityKey

      public String getISEntityKey()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the Information Service entity key for this object. This key makes it easy to retrieve the "real" metadata object for this browse object so it can be updated.
      Specified by:
      getISEntityKey in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      The Information Service entity key.

    • isAFolder

      public boolean isAFolder()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns true if this object represents a folder in the metadata. For data in the SAS Metadata Server, being a folder doesn't necessarily imply that it's part of the BIP Tree hierarchy.
      Specified by:
      isAFolder in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      True if the object is a folder, false otherwise.

    • getMembers

      public List getMembers()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the members if this is a folder.
      Specified by:
      getMembers in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      a List of BrowseMetadataInterface objects representing the members of the folder, or null if it's not a folder.

    • getParents

      public List getParents()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the list of parent objects. This will either be the element(s) of the ParentTree association, if that's found, or the Trees asociation if that's found.
      Specified by:
      getParents in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      A List of likely parent BrowseMetadataInterface objects. If none are found, an empty List is returned.

    • getSubfolders

      public List getSubfolders()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the subfolders if this is a folder.
      Specified by:
      getSubfolders in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Returns:
      a List of BrowsemetadataInterface objects representing the subfolders of this folder, or null if it's not a folder.

    • getReposId

      public String getReposId()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Get the object's repository ID. The id by itself may or may not be sufficient to actually retrieve the object from the repository, but it should at least be a unique identifier for the object within the repository. * @return The String representation of the repository identifier.
      Specified by:
      getReposId in interface BrowseMetadataInterface

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Description copied from interface: BrowseMetadataInterface
      Return a simple string representation of the object.
      Specified by:
      toString in interface BrowseMetadataInterface
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      A String object representing the metadata object.