atg.repository
Interface RepositoryItemDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

DynamicBeanInfo, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SecuredRepositoryItemDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

GSAItemDescriptor, ItemDescriptorImpl

public interface RepositoryItemDescriptor
extends DynamicBeanInfo

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

CLASS_VERSION

Method Summary

void	addPropertyDescriptor(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pPropertyDescriptor) Adds a property descriptor to the repository
java.lang.String	encodeCompositeKey(java.lang.String[] pIdValues) Encode an array of ID values to be used as a Repository ID
java.lang.String	getItemDescriptorName() Returns the name of the RepositoryItemDescriptor
Repository	getRepository() Returns the repository for this item descriptor.
RepositoryView	getRepositoryView() Returns the default repository view for this item descriptor.
boolean	hasCompositeKey() Determine if this item type has a composite ID.
void	removePropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String pPropertyName) Removes a property descriptor from the repository
void	updatePropertyDescriptor(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pPropertyDescriptor) Updates the property descriptor in the repository

Methods inherited from interface atg.beans.DynamicBeanInfo

areInstances, getBeanDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptors, getPropertyNames, hasProperty, isInstance

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getRepository

Repository getRepository()

Returns the repository for this item descriptor.

getItemDescriptorName

java.lang.String getItemDescriptorName()

Returns the name of the RepositoryItemDescriptor

getRepositoryView

RepositoryView getRepositoryView()

Returns the default repository view for this item descriptor. Often in a repository, there is one repository view for each item descriptor but all item descriptors must have at least a default repository view.

addPropertyDescriptor

void addPropertyDescriptor(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pPropertyDescriptor)
                           throws RepositoryException

Adds a property descriptor to the repository

Parameters:

pPropertyDescriptor - the descriptor for the new property to add to the Repository

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a problem adding the property descriptor

updatePropertyDescriptor

void updatePropertyDescriptor(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pPropertyDescriptor)
                              throws RepositoryException

Updates the property descriptor in the repository

Parameters:

pPropertyDescriptor - the descriptor for the property to update

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a problem updating the property descriptor

removePropertyDescriptor

void removePropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String pPropertyName)
                              throws RepositoryException

Removes a property descriptor from the repository

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a problem removing the property descriptor

hasCompositeKey

boolean hasCompositeKey()

Determine if this item type has a composite ID.

Returns:

default is false, implementations may override

encodeCompositeKey

java.lang.String encodeCompositeKey(java.lang.String[] pIdValues)
                                    throws RepositoryException

Encode an array of ID values to be used as a Repository ID

Parameters:

pIdValues - Array of ID values

Returns:

the encoded String value of the composite key

Throws:

RepositoryException - unsupported feature