com.ibm.di.cdm.jar
Class JarMetaData

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.di.cdm.core.MetaData
      com.ibm.di.cdm.jar.JarMetaData

public class JarMetaData
extends MetaData

This class is used to retrieve CDM meta-data from a jar file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.di.cdm.core.MetaData

resHash

Constructor Summary

JarMetaData()

Method Summary

Vector<Entry>	getAttributes(String artifactType, String classType) Retrieves the attributes of a given artifact (CI or a Relationship).
String	getCdmVersion() Retrieves the version of the Common Data Model, which meta-data is extracted.
protected String	getIdentifierName(NamingRuleIdentifier identifier) Generate proper name for provided NamingRuleIdentifier.
protected List<NamingRule>	getNamingRules(String classType) Returns the CDM naming rules for the provided class.
Map<String,Object>	getTypes(String artifactType) Returns the CDM meta-data types artifacts (CIs or Relationships).

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.di.cdm.core.MetaData

createExplicitAttribute, createImplicitAttribute, getClassType, getExtendedAttributeName, getMSSClassName, getNamingRuleIdentifier, getRelationshipAttributes, getUnsatisfiedNamingRules, matchesNamingRules

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JarMetaData

public JarMetaData()

Method Detail

getAttributes

public Vector<Entry> getAttributes(String artifactType,
                                   String classType)
                            throws Exception

Retrieves the attributes of a given artifact (CI or a Relationship).

Specified by:

getAttributes in class MetaData

Parameters:

artifactType - determines the type of artifact, which attributes we want. Accepts either IdMLConstants.ARTIFACT_CI or IdMLConstants.ARTIFACT_RELATIONSHIP.

classType - the type of the artifact, which attributes we want.

Returns:

a Vector containing the CI/Relationship attributes.

Throws:

Exception - if a problem occurs.

getCdmVersion

public String getCdmVersion()
                     throws Exception

Retrieves the version of the Common Data Model, which meta-data is extracted.

Specified by:

getCdmVersion in class MetaData

Returns:

a string representing the CDM version. Its format is '<version>.<release>.<modifier>'.

Throws:

Exception - if a problem occurs.

getTypes

public Map<String,Object> getTypes(String artifactType)
                            throws Exception

Returns the CDM meta-data types artifacts (CIs or Relationships).

Specified by:

getTypes in class MetaData

Parameters:

artifactType - determines the type of artifact - either IdMLConstants.ARTIFACT_CI or IdMLConstants.ARTIFACT_RELATIONSHIP.

Returns:

a Map containing the CDM type names and additional data for them as an Object.

Throws:

Exception - if a problem occurs.

getNamingRules

protected List<NamingRule> getNamingRules(String classType)
                                   throws Exception

Returns the CDM naming rules for the provided class.

Specified by:

getNamingRules in class MetaData

Parameters:

classType - the class type of interest.

Returns:

a list of the available naming rules.

Throws:

Exception - if a problem occurs when reading the rules.

getIdentifierName

protected String getIdentifierName(NamingRuleIdentifier identifier)

Generate proper name for provided NamingRuleIdentifier.

Overrides:

getIdentifierName in class MetaData

Parameters:

identifier - whose name will be generate.

Returns:

a proper name