com.ibm.di.cdm.core
Class NamingRuleIdentifier

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.di.cdm.core.NamingRuleIdentifier

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultNamingRuleIdentifier

public abstract class NamingRuleIdentifier
extends Object

Class used for representing Naming Rule Identifiers (attributes taking part in a naming rule).

Field Summary

protected String	attributeName The name of the attribute.
protected boolean	isRelationshipSource The role of this attribute in the relationship it represent.
protected boolean	isRequired Whether this attribute is needed by the rule.
protected String	relatedClass The class type of the item which this attribute links to.
protected String	relationshipType The type of the relationship represented by this attribute.

Constructor Summary

NamingRuleIdentifier()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getAttributeName() Returns the attribute name.
String	getRelatedClass() Returns the class type of the item which this attribute links to.
String	getRelationshipType() Returns the type of the relationship represented by this attribute.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isImplicit() Returns whether this attribute is implicit or not.
boolean	isRelationshipSource() Returns if this attribute represents the source of a relationship.
boolean	isRequired() Returns if this attribute is required.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

attributeName

protected String attributeName

The name of the attribute.

relatedClass

protected String relatedClass

The class type of the item which this attribute links to. Only relevant for implicit attributes.

relationshipType

protected String relationshipType

The type of the relationship represented by this attribute. Only relevant for implicit attributes.

isRelationshipSource

protected boolean isRelationshipSource

The role of this attribute in the relationship it represent. It can be either the source or the target. Only relevant for implicit attributes.

isRequired

protected boolean isRequired

Whether this attribute is needed by the rule. If true this attribute must be present for the rule to match. On the other hand, if false, this attribute must not be present.

Constructor Detail

NamingRuleIdentifier

public NamingRuleIdentifier()

Method Detail

getAttributeName

public final String getAttributeName()

Returns the attribute name.

Returns:

name.

getRelatedClass

public final String getRelatedClass()

Returns the class type of the item which this attribute links to.

Returns:

related class type.

getRelationshipType

public final String getRelationshipType()

Returns the type of the relationship represented by this attribute.

Returns:

relationship type.

isRelationshipSource

public final boolean isRelationshipSource()

Returns if this attribute represents the source of a relationship.

Returns:

trueif this attribute is implicit and source of the relationship, otherwise false.

isRequired

public final boolean isRequired()

Returns if this attribute is required.

Returns:

trueif this attribute required, otherwise false.

isImplicit

public final boolean isImplicit()

Returns whether this attribute is implicit or not.

Returns:

trueif this attribute is implicit, otherwise false.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object