NetricsCompoundRecSrc (ibi Patterns - Search Java API)

All Superinterfaces:

NetricsBaseRecSrc

All Known Implementing Classes:

NetricsCompoundReader, NetricsTableCursorCompoundRecSrc
```
public interface NetricsCompoundRecSrc
extends NetricsBaseRecSrc
```
Defines how compound records (parent plus children) are passed in the API. When a constructor or method needs a set of compound records it expects an object that implements this interface. By creating a class that implements this interface the user can feed joined-records from any source directly into the API.

See Also:

NetricsCompoundReader, NetricsBaseRecSrc

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`getChildTables()`	return a list of child table names used.
`NetricsCompoundRecord`	`getNext()`	Returns the next record.
`java.lang.String`	`getParentTable()`

Methods inherited from interface com.netrics.likeit.NetricsBaseRecSrc
getCount, hasNext, reset

- Method Detail
  - getNext
```
NetricsCompoundRecord getNext()
                       throws NetricsRecSrcException
```
    Returns the next record. We restrict the return value to NetricsCompoundRecord instead of the base NetricsBaseRecord.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getNext in interface NetricsBaseRecSrc
    
    Returns:
    
    the next record
    
    Throws:
    
    NetricsRecSrcException - if an error occurs, or if there are no more records.
  - getParentTable
```
java.lang.String getParentTable()
```
    Returns:
    
    the parent/primary table name for the compound record.
  - getChildTables
```
java.util.List<java.lang.String> getChildTables()
```
    return a list of child table names used. This list represents all possible child tables. Any particular compound record returned may not contain child records for all of these tables.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of child table names.