oracle.jbo.mom.xml

Interface DefDocument

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefDocumentImpl

public interface DefDocument

Encapsulates the behavior of a document that is to be placed in the MOM cache.

Currently, the only behavior that's needed is the ability to access the top-level (root) DefElement, but additional behavior may be needed for future implementations of MDS support.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getMdsKey()
java.lang.Object	getMdsReference()
DefElement	getRootDefElement() Returns the DefElement for the top-level (root) element.

Method Detail

getRootDefElement

DefElement getRootDefElement()

Returns the DefElement for the top-level (root) element.

Returns:

the root element.

getMdsKey

java.lang.Object getMdsKey()

Returns:

the MDS key object associated with this document. Null is returned if MDS is turned off.

getMdsReference

java.lang.Object getMdsReference()

Returns:

The MDS Reference object so we can find this object later.