com.bea.p13n.property
Interface PropertySetManager

public interface PropertySetManager

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

PropertySetManager is a stateless session bean that provides access to property sets, through PropertySetRepositories. It also provides translation between XML and property set objects for use in the data synchronization framework.

See Also:

PropertySet

Method Summary

PropertySet	getPropertySet(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String name) Get the PropertySet identified by the given type and name
java.util.Map	getPropertySets(java.lang.String type) Get all PropertySets of a given type
java.lang.String	getPropertySetXml(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String name) Retrieve the XML representation of a property set

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

getPropertySet

public PropertySet getPropertySet(java.lang.String type,
                                  java.lang.String name)
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the PropertySet identified by the given type and name

Parameters:

type - the PropertySetType

name - the name of the PropertySet

Returns:

the PropertySet, or null if it is not found

getPropertySets

public java.util.Map getPropertySets(java.lang.String type)
                              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get all PropertySets of a given type

Parameters:

type - the PropertySetType to retrieve

Returns:

a map of name, PropertySet object pairs, or null if none are defined

getPropertySetXml

public java.lang.String getPropertySetXml(java.lang.String type,
                                          java.lang.String name)
                                   throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Retrieve the XML representation of a property set

Parameters:

type - the PropertySet type

name - the name of the PropertySet to retrieve

Returns:

the XML representation of that PropertySet