com.endeca.portal.metadata
Interface MetadataManager<T extends MetadataObject>

Type Parameters:

T - class of the metadata object managed by this manager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMetadataManager, AttributeDisplayNameManager, AttributeSetManager, FrameworkSettingManager, SimpleMetadataManager

public interface MetadataManager<T extends MetadataObject>

Interface for metadata managers - managers are the classes that hold all the logic for retrieving and creating various Metadata Objects. Each manager implementation is responsible for managing objects of a class that implements MetadataObject

Author:

Endeca Technologies, Inc.

Method Summary

T	objectFromMetadataRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataRecord record) Given a base Liferay record, return a Metadata Object
<S extends MetadataProperty> S	propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataPropertyRecord record) Given a base Liferay record, return a Metadata Property

Method Detail

objectFromMetadataRecord

T objectFromMetadataRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataRecord record)

Given a base Liferay record, return a Metadata Object

Parameters:

record - the base Liferay record

Returns:

the Metadata Object

propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord

<S extends MetadataProperty> S propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataPropertyRecord record)

Given a base Liferay record, return a Metadata Property

Type Parameters:

S - an instance of a Metadata Property extension

Parameters:

record - the base Liferay record

Returns:

the Metadata Property