oracle.binding.meta
Interface StructureDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition

public interface StructureDefinition

extends NamedDefinition

Contains metadata for a structure such as a datacontrol, an accessor, or a parameter.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

TYPE_ACCESSOR, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_DATACONTROL, TYPE_DEFINITION, TYPE_DEFINITIONCONTEXT, TYPE_METHODRETURN, TYPE_NAMED, TYPE_OPERATION, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_STRUCTURE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Method Summary

DefinitionContainer	getAccessorDefinitions() Returns the metadata about the accessors in this structure.
DefinitionContainer	getAttributeDefinitions() Returns the metadata about the attributes in this structure.
DataControlDefinition	getDataControlDefinition() Retrieves the DataControlDefinition that this Structure belongs to.
DefinitionContainer	getOperationDefinitions() Returns the metadata about the operations in this structure.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

getDefinitionType

Method Detail

getAttributeDefinitions

public DefinitionContainer getAttributeDefinitions()

Returns the metadata about the attributes in this structure.

Returns:

A DefinitionContainer containing the metadata of all attributes in the structure. There should be one AttributeDefinition object in the DefinitionContainer containing metadata for each attribute. If there are no attribute, an instance of EmptyDefinitionContainer should be returned.

See Also:

EmptyDefinitionContainer, AttributeDefinition

getAccessorDefinitions

public DefinitionContainer getAccessorDefinitions()

Returns the metadata about the accessors in this structure.

Returns:

A DefinitionContainer containing the metadata of all acessors in the structure. There should be one AccessorDefinition object in the DefinitionContainer containing metadata for each accessor. If there are no accessor, an instance of EmptyDefinitionContainer should be returned.

See Also:

EmptyDefinitionContainer, AccessorDefinition

getOperationDefinitions

public DefinitionContainer getOperationDefinitions()

Returns the metadata about the operations in this structure.

Returns:

A DefinitionContainer containing the metadata of all operations in the structure. There should be one OperationDefinition object in the DefinitionContainer containing metadata for each operation. If there are no operation, an instance of EmptyDefinitionContainer should be returned.

See Also:

EmptyDefinitionContainer, OperationDefinition

getDataControlDefinition

public DataControlDefinition getDataControlDefinition()

Retrieves the DataControlDefinition that this Structure belongs to.

Returns:

The DataControlDefinition that this Structure belongs to.