com.sas.edir.datasource
Interface Hierarchy

All Superinterfaces:

Caching, Entity, TrackedObject

public interface Hierarchy

extends Entity

The Hierachy interface provides access to data describing a hierarchy in an MDDB.

Version:

1.0

Author:

SAS

Fields inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Entity

PROPERTY_CHANGED, SUBPROPERTY_CHANGED

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator	columnIterator() Returns an iteration of all this hierarchy's columns.
java.util.ListIterator	columnIterator(java.util.Comparator compare) Returns a sorted iteration of all this hierarchy's columns.

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Entity

addPropertyChangeListener, getContext, getCreateTime, getCreatorsName, getDescription, getEnterpriseDirectory, getGuid, getModifiersName, getModifyTime, getName, getObjectclass, removeModificationItems, removePropertyChangeListener, setDescription, setGuid, setName, setObjectclass

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.Caching

edirUpdateStore, getTimeToLive, isExpired, refreshCache, refreshCachedObjects, releaseCache, setDirty, setTimeToLive, setTimeToLive, updateStore

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.edir.TrackedObject

getTrackingId, getUserData, setUserData

Method Detail

columnIterator

public java.util.Iterator columnIterator()

Returns an iteration of all this hierarchy's columns.

Returns:

A Mddb column iteration.

columnIterator

public java.util.ListIterator columnIterator(java.util.Comparator compare)

Returns a sorted iteration of all this hierarchy's columns.

Parameters:

comparator - A Comparator for sorting, or null for no sorting.

Returns:

A Mddb column iteration.