oracle.owb.mapping
Interface MapAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute, Datatyped, Extensible, Mappable, OWBNamedObject, PropertyOwner

public interface MapAttribute

extends Attribute, Mappable, Extensible, PropertyOwner

MapAttribute is the interface that describes an attribute group of an operator. The attribute group has a name and a direction (input, output, or input_output) and contains the MapAttribute objects.

Fields inherited from interface oracle.owb.mapping.Mappable

DIRECTION_ALL, DIRECTION_INPUT, DIRECTION_INPUT_OUTPUT, DIRECTION_OUTPUT, MAPPABLE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, MAPPABLE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_GROUP, MAPPABLE_TYPE_OPERATOR, MAPPABLE_TYPE_UNKNOWN

Method Summary

MapAttributeGroup	getAttributeGroup() Return the operator that owns this group.
OWBNamedObject	getBoundObject() Get the repository object to which this attribute is bound.
java.lang.String	getDatatypeName() Convenience method to get the datatype name for this attribute.
int	getDirection() Get the direction of this attribute.
void	setDatatype(java.lang.String datatype) Convenience method to set the datatype with a String value.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.OWBNamedObject

delete, getBusinessName, getClassDefinition, getComponent, getDescription, getName, getUOID, isDeletable, isEditable, isRenamable, setBusinessName, setDescription, setName

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.type.Datatyped

getDatatype, getLength, getPrecision, getScale, isPrecisionOmitted, setDatatype, setLength, setPrecision, setPrecisionOmitted, setScale

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.mapping.Mappable

canConnectTo, connectTo, disconnectFrom, getConnectedMappables, getMappableType, getParentMap, getParentMappable, removeConnections

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.property.PropertyOwner

getDefaultPropertyValue, getLogicalPropertyKeys, getPhysicalPropertyKeys, getPropertyDomain, getPropertyKeys, getPropertyValue, getPropertyValueString, isLogicalProperty, isPhysicalProperty, isReadOnlyProperty, setPropertyValue, setPropertyValueByString

Method Detail

getAttributeGroup

public MapAttributeGroup getAttributeGroup()

Return the operator that owns this group.

Returns:

The operator that owns this group.

getBoundObject

public OWBNamedObject getBoundObject()
                              throws OWBException

Get the repository object to which this attribute is bound.

Returns:

The bound repository object, or null if this attribute is not bound.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.

getDirection

public int getDirection()
                 throws OWBException

Get the direction of this attribute.

Returns:

The direction of the attribute. The choices are:

• Mappable.DIRECTION_INPUT
,
• Mappable.DIRECTION_OUTPUT
• Mappable.DIRECTION_INPUT_OUTPUT
• Mappable.DIRECTION_ALL

.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.

getDatatypeName

public java.lang.String getDatatypeName()
                                 throws OWBException

Convenience method to get the datatype name for this attribute.

Returns:

The datatype name of the attribute.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.

setDatatype

public void setDatatype(java.lang.String datatype)
                 throws OWBException

Convenience method to set the datatype with a String value. The conversion to Datatype is done internally.

Parameters:

datatype - The data type string. This should be one of the data type string constants found in the MapDatatypeSet class.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.