com.bea.p13n.property
Interface PropertySetManager

All Superinterfaces:

EJBObject, Remote

public interface PropertySetManager

extends 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(String type, String name) Get the PropertySet identified by the given type and name
String[]	getPropertySetNames(String type) Get all PropertySet names for a given type
Map	getPropertySets(String type) Get all PropertySets of a given type
String	getPropertySetXml(String type, 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(String type,
                                  String name)
                           throws 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

Throws:

RemoteException

getPropertySetNames

public String[] getPropertySetNames(String type)
                             throws RemoteException

Get all PropertySet names for a given type

Parameters:

type - the PropertySetType to retrieve the PropertySet names for

Returns:

a String array of the PropertySet names

Throws:

RemoteException

getPropertySets

public Map getPropertySets(String type)
                    throws 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

Throws:

RemoteException

getPropertySetXml

public String getPropertySetXml(String type,
                                String name)
                         throws 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

Throws:

RemoteException