ajax.catalog
Interface CatalogObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

Table, Transformation

public interface CatalogObject

Common interface for catalog components. A catalog is a set of tables and transformations A LibCatalog is a set of algorithms and functions

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator	getFields(java.lang.String name)
FieldType	getFieldType(java.lang.String field, java.lang.String outputName)
int	getIndexAttribute(java.lang.String outputName, java.lang.String attribute)
java.util.List	getKey(java.lang.String outputName) returns a list of FieldType objects that represent the key of this CatalogObject.
java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	isTransformation()
void	toXML(java.lang.String XMLfileName)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

isTransformation

public boolean isTransformation()

getFieldType

public FieldType getFieldType(java.lang.String field,
                              java.lang.String outputName)
                       throws CatalogException

getKey

public java.util.List getKey(java.lang.String outputName)
                      throws CatalogException

returns a list of FieldType objects that represent the key of this CatalogObject.

getFields

public java.util.Iterator getFields(java.lang.String name)
                             throws CatalogException

getIndexAttribute

public int getIndexAttribute(java.lang.String outputName,
                             java.lang.String attribute)
                      throws CatalogException

toXML

public void toXML(java.lang.String XMLfileName)