oracle.rules.sdk2.repository

Interface DictionaryExplorer

public interface DictionaryExplorer

DictionaryExplorer is the interface used to

• list dictionaries in the MDS repository,
• create a new dictionary in the MDS repository,
• delete a dictionary from the MDS repository.

An instance is obtained from MDSRepository.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close this DictionaryExplorer and release resources it holds.
void	createDictionary(java.lang.String path, RuleDictionary dictionary) Create a dictionary at path with the contents of the dictionary.
void	deleteDictionary(java.lang.String path) Delete the dictionary at path from repository.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	list(java.lang.String path, boolean recurse) Get a list of paths to dictionaries stored in the repository.

Method Detail

list

java.util.List<java.lang.String> list(java.lang.String path,
                                      boolean recurse)
                               throws RepositoryException

Get a list of paths to dictionaries stored in the repository.

Parameters:

path - The path is the starting point for building the list of paths. If the path is null, the search starts from the root directory. The path may be a full path to a specific dictionary. In this case, if the dictionary exists, a one element list will be returned. If not dictionaries are found and empty list is returned.

recurse - If recurse is true, subdirectories found at path will also be searched.

Returns:

A list of paths to dictionaries.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if error occurs accessing the repository

createDictionary

void createDictionary(java.lang.String path,
                      RuleDictionary dictionary)
               throws RepositoryException,
                      SDKException

Create a dictionary at path with the contents of the dictionary.

Parameters:

path - the path to the dictionary

Throws:

RepositoryException - Thrown if an error occured during the create operation.

SDKException

deleteDictionary

void deleteDictionary(java.lang.String path)
               throws RepositoryException

Delete the dictionary at path from repository.

Parameters:

path - the path to the dictionary

Throws:

RepositoryException - Thrown if an error occured during the delete operation.

close

void close()
    throws RepositoryException

Close this DictionaryExplorer and release resources it holds. Once closed, this instance can no longer be used.

Throws:

RepositoryException - an exception occured during closing the repository