oracle.jbo.mom.xml
Interface DefDocument

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefDocumentImpl

public interface DefDocument

Encapsulates the behavior of a document that is to be placed in the MOM cache.

Currently, the only behavior that's needed is the ability to access the top-level (root) DefElement, but additional behavior may be needed for future implementations of MDS support.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getMdsKey()
java.lang.Object	getMdsReference()
DefElement	getRootDefElement() Returns the DefElement for the top-level (root) element.

Method Detail

getRootDefElement

DefElement getRootDefElement()

Returns the DefElement for the top-level (root) element.

Returns:

the root element.

getMdsKey

java.lang.Object getMdsKey()

Returns:

the MDS key object associated with this document. Null is returned if MDS is turned off.

getMdsReference

java.lang.Object getMdsReference()

Returns:

The MDS Reference object so we can find this object later.