com.metamatrix.admin.api.objects
Interface Model

All Superinterfaces:

AdminObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

MMModel

public interface Model
extends AdminObject

Represents a metadata model in the MetaMatrix system.

Since:

4.3

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.metamatrix.admin.api.objects.AdminObject

DELIMITER, DELIMITER_CHAR, ESCAPED_DELIMITER, ESCAPED_WILDCARD, WILDCARD

Method Summary

java.util.List	getConnectorBindingNames() Return the connector binding names for this Virtual Databse.
java.lang.String	getModelType() Retrieve the model type.
java.lang.String	getModelURI() Retrive the model URI.
boolean	isMaterialization() Determine whether this model is a Materialization Model
boolean	isPhysical() Determine if this model is a physical type.
boolean	isVisible() Determine whether this model is exposed for querying.
boolean	supportsMultiSourceBindings() Determine whether this model can support more than one connector binding.

Methods inherited from interface com.metamatrix.admin.api.objects.AdminObject

getIdentifier, getName, getProperties, getPropertyValue

Method Detail

getConnectorBindingNames

java.util.List getConnectorBindingNames()

Return the connector binding names for this Virtual Databse.

Returns:

connector bindings bound to this model.

isPhysical

boolean isPhysical()

Determine if this model is a physical type.

Returns:

true iff it contains physical group(s).

isVisible

boolean isVisible()

Determine whether this model is exposed for querying.

Returns:

true iff the model is visible for querying.

getModelType

java.lang.String getModelType()

Retrieve the model type. TODO: one of ...

Returns:

model type

getModelURI

java.lang.String getModelURI()

Retrive the model URI.

Returns:

model URI

supportsMultiSourceBindings

boolean supportsMultiSourceBindings()

Determine whether this model can support more than one connector binding.

Returns:

true iff this model supports multi-source bindings

isMaterialization

boolean isMaterialization()

Determine whether this model is a Materialization Model

Returns:

isMaterialization whether the model is a Materialization Model.

Since:

4.3