com.metamatrix.metadata.runtime.api
Interface MetadataSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

VDBArchive

public interface MetadataSource

Method Summary

boolean	cacheConnectorMetadata() Whether to cache connector metadata
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getConnectorMetadataModelNames() Get the list of model names that will provide metadata
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getEntries() Return all files known by this metadata source
java.io.File	getFile(java.lang.String path) Returns the file for the given path, which must exist in the entry set
ModelInfo	getModelInfo(java.lang.String name) Get the model with the given name.
java.lang.String	getName()
void	saveFile(java.io.InputStream stream, java.lang.String path) Save the stream to given path.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

getEntries

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getEntries()

Return all files known by this metadata source

Returns:

getFile

java.io.File getFile(java.lang.String path)

Returns the file for the given path, which must exist in the entry set

Parameters:

path -

Returns:

getConnectorMetadataModelNames

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getConnectorMetadataModelNames()

Get the list of model names that will provide metadata

Returns:

cacheConnectorMetadata

boolean cacheConnectorMetadata()

Whether to cache connector metadata

Returns:

saveFile

void saveFile(java.io.InputStream stream,
              java.lang.String path)
              throws java.io.IOException

Save the stream to given path.

Parameters:

path -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getModelInfo

ModelInfo getModelInfo(java.lang.String name)

Get the model with the given name.

Parameters:

name -

Returns: