oracle.odi.domain.adapter.topology

Interface ILanguageElement

All Superinterfaces:

IModelObject, IModelObjectBase

All Known Implementing Classes:

MappingGenericTechnology.MappingLanguageElement

public interface ILanguageElement
extends IModelObject

An interface to represent an expression language element, with a name and an expression template.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getExpression() Gets the expression syntax for this language element.
ILanguageElementImpl	getImplementation(ITechnology techno) Gets the language element implementation for this language element for the specified technology.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of the language element.
ISubLanguage	getSubLanguage() Gets the sub-language object that owns this language element.

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

getBigNumericId, getGlobalId, getNumericId

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of the language element.

Specified by:

getName in interface IModelObject

Returns:

name for this language element.

getExpression

java.lang.String getExpression()

Gets the expression syntax for this language element.

Returns:

the expression of this language element.

getSubLanguage

ISubLanguage getSubLanguage()

Gets the sub-language object that owns this language element.

Returns:

the owning sublanguage of this language element.

getImplementation

ILanguageElementImpl getImplementation(ITechnology techno)

Gets the language element implementation for this language element for the specified technology.

Parameters:

techno - the technology for which to retrieve the implementation.

Returns:

the language element implementation for this language element.