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Interface ExternalSource

public interface ExternalSource

Externally-managed source of data that can be used to enrich the streaming events flowing from event sources. Two external sources are supported: tables and caches. FIXME need to refactor DataProvider and PullSource into a single API

Method Summary

java.util.Map	getCacheDataSource() Cache serving as a source, in the form of a map.
java.lang.String	getEventType() Source generates data of this type.
java.lang.String	getId() Returns the source identity
java.lang.String	getJDBCDataSource() Name of the data-source associated to this source, should it be a table.
java.lang.Class	getKeyClass() Returns key class for cache.
java.lang.String[]	getKeyPropertyNames() Return the key properties for cache.
java.lang.String	getTableName() Table name of the database table

Method Detail

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Returns the source identity

Returns:

identity

getEventType

public java.lang.String getEventType()

Source generates data of this type.

Returns:

event type name

getJDBCDataSource

public java.lang.String getJDBCDataSource()

Name of the data-source associated to this source, should it be a table.

Returns:

data source name

getCacheDataSource

public java.util.Map getCacheDataSource()

Cache serving as a source, in the form of a map.

Returns:

cache

getTableName

public java.lang.String getTableName()

Table name of the database table

Returns:

table name

getKeyPropertyNames

public java.lang.String[] getKeyPropertyNames()

Return the key properties for cache.

Returns:

key properties for cache

getKeyClass

public java.lang.Class getKeyClass()

Returns key class for cache.

Returns:

key class that is used to insert/lookup from cache.