Package com.spotfire.ws.im.ds

Class MetadataItem

java.lang.Object

com.spotfire.ws.im.ds.MetadataItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

ProcedureMetadata

public class MetadataItem
extends Object

This object represents one level of data source metadata.

A MetadataItem is described with a type and a name and may have additional attributes.

The default item types are:

• data-source
• catalog
• schema
• table
• table-alias
• procedure
• column

The column level has a 'data-type' attribute.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	CATALOG	The catalog type.
static final String	COLUMN	The column type.
static final String	DATA_SOURCE	The data-source type.
static final String	DATA_TYPE_ATTR	The data-type attribute.
static final String	PROCEDURE	The procedure type.
static final String	PROCEDURE_COLUMN	The procedure column type, NOTE: used in axis api only.
static final String	SCHEMA	The schema type.
static final String	TABLE	The table type.
static final String	TABLE_ALIAS	The table alias type.
static final String	TABLE_REF_ATTR	The table reference attribute.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static MetadataItem	create(String type, String name)	Creates a new MetadataItem instance.
String[]	getAttributeNames()	Returns an array of all attribute names.
String	getAttributeValue(String attr)	Returns the value of a given attribute.
String[]	getAttributeValues()	Returns an array of all attribute values.
String	getName()	Returns the item name.
String	getType()	Returns the item type.
void	setAttribute(String name, String value)	Sets an attribute.
String	toString()	Serializes this object for debug purposes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

DATA_SOURCE

public static final String DATA_SOURCE

The data-source type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

CATALOG

public static final String CATALOG

The catalog type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

SCHEMA

public static final String SCHEMA

The schema type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

TABLE

public static final String TABLE

The table type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

TABLE_ALIAS

public static final String TABLE_ALIAS

The table alias type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

TABLE_REF_ATTR

public static final String TABLE_REF_ATTR

The table reference attribute.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PROCEDURE

public static final String PROCEDURE

The procedure type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

PROCEDURE_COLUMN

public static final String PROCEDURE_COLUMN

The procedure column type, NOTE: used in axis api only.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

COLUMN

public static final String COLUMN

The column type.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

DATA_TYPE_ATTR

public static final String DATA_TYPE_ATTR

The data-type attribute.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

create

public static MetadataItem create(String type,
 String name)

Creates a new MetadataItem instance.

Parameters:

type - an item type

name - an item name

Returns:

A new MetadataItem instance.

Since:

10.1

getType

public String getType()

Returns the item type.

Returns:

an item type String

Since:

3.0

getName

public String getName()

Returns the item name.

Returns:

an item name String

Since:

3.0

getAttributeNames

public String[] getAttributeNames()

Returns an array of all attribute names.

Returns:

a name String array

Since:

3.0

getAttributeValues

public String[] getAttributeValues()

Returns an array of all attribute values.

Returns:

a value String array

Since:

3.0

getAttributeValue

public String getAttributeValue(String attr)

Returns the value of a given attribute.

Parameters:

attr - an attribute name

Returns:

value of a given attribute

Since:

3.0

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(String name,
 String value)

Sets an attribute.

Parameters:

name - an attribute name

value - an attribute value

Since:

3.0

toString

public String toString()

Serializes this object for debug purposes.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Since:

3.0