com.stc.eindex.ejb.query
Class ObjectNodeMetaNode

java.lang.Object
  com.stc.eindex.ejb.query.ValueMetaNode
      com.stc.eindex.ejb.query.ObjectNodeMetaNode

public class ObjectNodeMetaNode

extends ValueMetaNode

The ObjectNodeMetaNode class describes the structure of object nodes (ObjectNode class). An object node contains information about an object, such as control flags, child and parent tags, a list of child objects, and a list of fields.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.stc.eindex.ejb.query.ValueMetaNode

RCS_ID

Constructor Summary

ObjectNodeMetaNode(java.lang.String tag)
Creates a new instance of the ObjectNodeMetaNode class, using the name of the object node tag to find the object node.

Method Summary

ValueMetaNode[]	getChildren() Retrieves the metadata for the child nodes of the given object node.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieves the name of the given object node.
ValueMetaNode	getParent() Retrieves the parent node of the given object node.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the given object node.

Methods inherited from class com.stc.eindex.ejb.query.ValueMetaNode

getAddParentMethod, getClassName, getSourceObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ObjectNodeMetaNode

public ObjectNodeMetaNode(java.lang.String tag)
                   throws QMException

Creates a new instance of the ObjectNodeMetaNode class, using the name of the object node tag to find the object node.

Parameters:

tag - The name of the object node tag.

Throws:

QMException - Thrown if an error occurs while creating the meta node.

Method Detail

getChildren

public ValueMetaNode[] getChildren()

Retrieves the metadata for the child nodes of the given object node.

Parameters:

None.

Specified by:

getChildren in class ValueMetaNode

Returns:

ValueMetaNode[] - An array of metadata for the child nodes.

Throws:

None.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Retrieves the name of the given object node.

Parameters:

None.

Specified by:

getName in class ValueMetaNode

Returns:

String - The name of the object node.

Throws:

None.

getParent

public ValueMetaNode getParent()

Retrieves the parent node of the given object node.

Parameters:

None.

Specified by:

getParent in class ValueMetaNode

Returns:

ValueMetaNode - The parent node.

Throws:

None.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the given object node.

Parameters:

None.

Returns:

String - A string representation of the node.

Throws:

None.