com.tibco.rta.model
Interface MetadataElement

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attribute, Cube, Dimension, DimensionHierarchy, Measurement, MutableCube, MutableDimensionHierarchy, MutableMeasurement, MutableMetadataElement, MutableMetricDescriptor, MutableRtaSchema, RtaSchema, RuleDef, TimeDimension

public interface MetadataElement
extends java.io.Serializable

An abstraction of a model element. All model interfaces inherit this.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() Gets the description.
java.lang.String	getDisplayName() Gets the display name.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name.
RtaSchema	getOwnerSchema() Get the owner schema associated with this model element.
java.lang.String	getProperty(java.lang.String name) A metadata element can have some well-defined properties that can be used by runtime in a certain way.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getPropertyNames()
<T extends com.tibco.rta.model.serialize.SerializationTarget,S extends com.tibco.rta.model.serialize.ModelSerializer<T>> void	serialize(S serializer) Serialize model to a format specified by the serializer

Method Detail

getOwnerSchema

RtaSchema getOwnerSchema()

Get the owner schema associated with this model element. A schema is an owner of itself.

Returns:

the owner schema for this model element.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name.

Returns:

the name

getDisplayName

java.lang.String getDisplayName()

Gets the display name.

Returns:

the display name

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Gets the description.

Returns:

the description

serialize

<T extends com.tibco.rta.model.serialize.SerializationTarget,S extends com.tibco.rta.model.serialize.ModelSerializer<T>> void serialize(S serializer)

Serialize model to a format specified by the serializer

Type Parameters:

T - - Bounded Type indicating anything that implements this interface.

Parameters:

serializer -

getProperty

java.lang.String getProperty(java.lang.String name)

A metadata element can have some well-defined properties that can be used by runtime in a certain way. For example, to provide a hint to the runtime to handle it in a certain manner.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

getPropertyNames

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getPropertyNames()