com.endeca.portal.metadata.simple
Class SimpleMetadataManager

java.lang.Object
  com.endeca.portal.metadata.AbstractMetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>
      com.endeca.portal.metadata.simple.SimpleMetadataManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

public final class SimpleMetadataManager
extends AbstractMetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>
implements MetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Central facade for managing simple key-value pair metadata records

Author:

Endeca Technologies, Inc.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

TYPE_SIMPLE_METADATA Represents the "type" value

Constructor Summary

SimpleMetadataManager()

Method Summary

static SimpleMetadataManager	getInstance() Method to get a FrameworkSettingManager instance.
boolean	hasProperties() Simple metadata objects do not have associated properties.
SimpleMetadataObject	objectFromMetadataRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataRecord record) Converts a Liferay record to a Simple Metadata Object
<S extends MetadataProperty> S	propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataPropertyRecord record) Returns null; Simple Metadata Objects do not have child Metadata Properties

Methods inherited from class com.endeca.portal.metadata.AbstractMetadataManager

getMetadataPropertyRecords, getObject, getObjectById, getObjects, getProperties, getProperty, handleObjectPropertyPersistence, objectsFromMetadataRecords, persist, persist, persistProperties, persistProperty, propertiesFromMetadataPropertyRecords, removeObjectById, removePropertyById, setupPropertyQuery

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TYPE_SIMPLE_METADATA

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_SIMPLE_METADATA

Represents the "type" value

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SimpleMetadataManager

public SimpleMetadataManager()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static SimpleMetadataManager getInstance()

Method to get a FrameworkSettingManager instance. Currently creates a new instance every time, but could be modified to work from a singleton.

Returns:

the instance

objectFromMetadataRecord

public SimpleMetadataObject objectFromMetadataRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataRecord record)

Converts a Liferay record to a Simple Metadata Object

Specified by:

objectFromMetadataRecord in interface MetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Specified by:

objectFromMetadataRecord in class AbstractMetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Parameters:

record - the base Liferay record

Returns:

the Metadata Object

See Also:

MetadataManager.objectFromMetadataRecord(MetadataRecord)

propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord

public <S extends MetadataProperty> S propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord(com.endeca.portal.liferay.ext.metadata.model.MetadataPropertyRecord record)

Returns null; Simple Metadata Objects do not have child Metadata Properties

Specified by:

propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord in interface MetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Specified by:

propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord in class AbstractMetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Type Parameters:

S - an instance of a Metadata Property extension

Parameters:

record - the base Liferay record

Returns:

the Metadata Property

See Also:

MetadataManager.propertyFromMetadataPropertyRecord(MetadataPropertyRecord)

hasProperties

public boolean hasProperties()

Simple metadata objects do not have associated properties.

Specified by:

hasProperties in class AbstractMetadataManager<SimpleMetadataObject>

Returns:

true to work with associated properties; false to bypass associated property code paths

See Also:

AbstractMetadataManager.hasProperties()