oracle.odi.domain.adapter.dimensional

Interface ISkipLevel

All Superinterfaces:

IModelObjectBase

All Known Implementing Classes:

OdiSkipLevel

public interface ISkipLevel
extends IModelObjectBase

An interface to represent a skip level in a dimension hierarchy. A skip level provides an alternate parent level reference for the level in the hierarchy. The alternate parent level reference can be used if a particular child record has no parent record of its normal parent type, as defined by the parent reference object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IHierarchyMember	getHierarchyMember() Get the owning hierarchy member for this skip level object.
IParentRef	getParentRef() Get the parent reference object that will be used for the skip level parent references, for skip level records.
void	setParentRef(IParentRef parentRef) Set the parent reference object that will be used for the skip level parent references, for skip level records.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.odi.domain.adapter.IModelObjectBase

getBigNumericId, getGlobalId, getNumericId

Method Detail

getHierarchyMember

IHierarchyMember getHierarchyMember()

Get the owning hierarchy member for this skip level object.

Returns:

the owning HierMember object.

getParentRef

IParentRef getParentRef()

Get the parent reference object that will be used for the skip level parent references, for skip level records.

Returns:

The ParentRef object for this skip level.

setParentRef

void setParentRef(IParentRef parentRef)

Set the parent reference object that will be used for the skip level parent references, for skip level records.

Parameters:

parentRef - The ParentRef object to set.