com.bea.ld.metadata
Interface RepositoryNode

All Superinterfaces:

Node, java.io.Serializable

public interface RepositoryNode
extends Node

A node in the tree view of the repository.

Field Summary

static char	CONTAINER_NODE
static char	FUNCTION_COLLECTION_REFERENCE_NODE
static char	PRIMARY_SCHEMA_REFERENCE_NODE
static char	WEBSERVICE_POLICY_REFERENCE_NODE
static char	WEBSERVICE_REFERENCE_NODE

Method Summary

java.util.Collection	getChildren() Should be used on container nodes.
char	getKind()
EntityNode	getReference() Should be used on reference node.

Methods inherited from interface com.bea.ld.metadata.Node

getId

Field Detail

CONTAINER_NODE

static final char CONTAINER_NODE

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Constant Field Values

FUNCTION_COLLECTION_REFERENCE_NODE

static final char FUNCTION_COLLECTION_REFERENCE_NODE

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Constant Field Values

PRIMARY_SCHEMA_REFERENCE_NODE

static final char PRIMARY_SCHEMA_REFERENCE_NODE

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Constant Field Values

WEBSERVICE_REFERENCE_NODE

static final char WEBSERVICE_REFERENCE_NODE

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WEBSERVICE_POLICY_REFERENCE_NODE

static final char WEBSERVICE_POLICY_REFERENCE_NODE

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getKind

char getKind()

Returns:

The repository node kind.

getChildren

java.util.Collection getChildren()

Should be used on container nodes. Nodes of reference kind return empty collections.

Returns:

The children nodes of this node.

getReference

EntityNode getReference()

Should be used on reference node. Container nodes return null. Reference nodes pointing to nodes that cannot be loaded also return null. // TODO: Make the latter case throw MetadataException

Returns:

The referenced EntityNode.