Package pl.edu.icm.unity.engine.api

Interface AttributeTypeManagement

public interface AttributeTypeManagement

Attribute types management API.

Author:

K. Benedyczak

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addAttributeType(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)	Adds a new attribute type.
pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType	getAttributeType(java.lang.String name)
java.util.Collection<pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType>	getAttributeTypes()
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType>	getAttributeTypesAsMap()
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedAttributeValueTypes()
void	removeAttributeType(java.lang.String id, boolean deleteInstances)	Removes attribute type by id.
void	updateAttributeType(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)	Updates an existing attribute type.

Method Detail

getSupportedAttributeValueTypes

java.lang.String[] getSupportedAttributeValueTypes()
                                            throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Returns:

identifiers of all attribute value types which are supported by server. The list is constant for the lifetime of the server as is constructed from the available implementations.

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

addAttributeType

void addAttributeType(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)
               throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Adds a new attribute type.

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

updateAttributeType

void updateAttributeType(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)
                  throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Updates an existing attribute type. Fails if the change break constraints of attributes already having this attribute set.

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

removeAttributeType

void removeAttributeType(java.lang.String id,
                         boolean deleteInstances)
                  throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Removes attribute type by id.

Parameters:

deleteInstances - if false then operation will succeed only if no attributes of this type are defined. If true then also all instances of this type are removed.

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

getAttributeTypes

java.util.Collection<pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType> getAttributeTypes()
                                                                            throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Returns:

all attribute types

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

getAttributeTypesAsMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType> getAttributeTypesAsMap()
                                                                                                 throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Returns:

all attribute types map with names as keys

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

getAttributeType

pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType getAttributeType(java.lang.String name)
                                                     throws pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

attribute type with a given name

Throws:

pl.edu.icm.unity.exceptions.EngineException