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Interface TypeStore

All Known Subinterfaces:

EntityStore

public interface TypeStore

Defines a common interface for retrieving Entity type information, EntityTypes, which in turn describe Entity structure.
Broken out from the EntityStore API for possible future enhancements, whereby Entities may exist outside of any given store. Practically speaking, an EntityStore can never exist without a corresponding TypeStore, but Entities may exist (in the future) without belonging to a particular EntityStore, but will always require a TypeStore to house their EntityType definitons.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

BASE_TYPE_NAME The root EntityType name.

Method Summary

EntityType	addType(java.io.InputStream stream) This method adds a new type to the EntityStore
EntityType	getBaseType() This method is used to retrieve the base entity type definition.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getSubtypes(java.lang.String type) Get the names of the immediate descendants of the type specified.
EntityType	getTypeForName(java.lang.String name) This method is used to retrieve an EntityType based on it's name.
void	reset() Remove all non-default Entities and reset the core Types.
EntityType	updateType(java.io.InputStream stream) This method updates a type in the EntityStore with a new definiton.

Field Detail

BASE_TYPE_NAME

static final java.lang.String BASE_TYPE_NAME

The root EntityType name. All EntityTypes are sub-types of this one.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getBaseType

EntityType getBaseType()
                       throws EntityStoreException

This method is used to retrieve the base entity type definition. This will be a type named "Entity"

Returns:

EntityType

Throws:

EntityStoreException - if an error occurs

getTypeForName

EntityType getTypeForName(java.lang.String name)
                          throws EntityStoreException,
                                 UnknownTypeException

This method is used to retrieve an EntityType based on it's name.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

The EntityType for the given name

Throws:

EntityStoreException - if there was a problem retrieving the type from the underlying persistent store

UnknownTypeException - if no type for this name exists

getSubtypes

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getSubtypes(java.lang.String type)
                                                   throws EntityStoreException

Get the names of the immediate descendants of the type specified.

Parameters:

type - The name of the parent type

Returns:

A collection containing the names of the immediate subtypes of the parent. This method is intended to be used in a tree browser, where you don't necessarily want to retrieve the full type definition in one fell swoop

Throws:

EntityStoreExeption - Thrown if the type specified does not exist in the Store.

EntityStoreException

addType

EntityType addType(java.io.InputStream stream)
                   throws EntityStoreException

This method adds a new type to the EntityStore

Parameters:

stream - The stream from which to read the EntityType definition

Returns:

The newly added EntityType

Throws:

EntityStoreException - Thrown if the type already exists.

updateType

EntityType updateType(java.io.InputStream stream)
                      throws EntityStoreException

This method updates a type in the EntityStore with a new definiton.

Parameters:

stream - The stream from which to read the EntityType definition

Returns:

The newly updated EntityType

Throws:

EntityStoreException - Thrown if the type does not already exist.

reset

void reset()
           throws EntityStoreException

Remove all non-default Entities and reset the core Types. Doesn't reset the implementation specific schemas (i.e. tables in jdbc, objectClasses in ldap etc.)

Throws:

EntityStoreException - if the store cannot be cleared