psdi.common.erm

Class ERMEntity

java.lang.Object

psdi.common.erm.ERMEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

UIERMEntity

public class ERMEntity
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ERMEntity()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ERMAttribute	addAttribute(ERMAttribute attribute) Adds and ERMAttribute the the entity's attribute list.
void	addChildEntity(java.lang.String name, ERMEntity entity) This method adds a related entity (child) entity to this entity with a specified name.
ERMAttribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName) Returns the ERMAttribute associated with the passed in Attribute
java.util.Collection<ERMAttribute>	getAttributes() Returns an unmodifiable collection of ERMAttributes for this Entity.
java.util.Collection<ERMEntity>	getChildEntities() Returns a list of all child Entities to this entity.
ERMEntity	getChildEntity(java.lang.String name) Returns the child entity by name.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this Entity.
ERMEntity	getParentEntity() Returns the parent ERMEntity for this entity
ERMEntity	getRelatedEntity(java.lang.String relationship) Returns the child entity whose Mbo relationship is the same as the relationship passed in.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of the entity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ERMEntity

public ERMEntity()

Method Detail

getAttributes

public java.util.Collection<ERMAttribute> getAttributes()

Returns an unmodifiable collection of ERMAttributes for this Entity.

Returns:

A collection of all the attributes for this Entity.

getAttribute

public ERMAttribute getAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName)

Returns the ERMAttribute associated with the passed in Attribute

Parameters:

attributeName -

Returns:

the ERMAttribute for the attribute

addAttribute

public ERMAttribute addAttribute(ERMAttribute attribute)

Adds and ERMAttribute the the entity's attribute list.

Parameters:

attribute - The ERMAttribute to add to the list

Returns:

returns the replaced attribute if one existed

getChildEntities

public java.util.Collection<ERMEntity> getChildEntities()

Returns a list of all child Entities to this entity.

Returns:

A List of all child Entities.

addChildEntity

public void addChildEntity(java.lang.String name,
                  ERMEntity entity)

This method adds a related entity (child) entity to this entity with a specified name.

Parameters:

name - The name of the child entity

entity - The child ERMEntity to add to this entity

getChildEntity

public ERMEntity getChildEntity(java.lang.String name)

Returns the child entity by name. This method does not necessarily find the entity by mbo relationship name. If you want to find the child/related entity by the relationship use the getRelatedEntity method.

Parameters:

name - The name of the child entity you are looking for

Returns:

The ERMEntity that goes by that name.

getRelatedEntity

public ERMEntity getRelatedEntity(java.lang.String relationship)

Returns the child entity whose Mbo relationship is the same as the relationship passed in. This method does not necessarily find the entity by entity name. If you want to find the child/related entity by entity name use the getChildEntity method.

Parameters:

relationship - The mbo relationship of the child entity you are looking for

Returns:

The ERMEntity that uses that mbo relationship or null if there isn't a child with using that relationship.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this Entity.

Returns:

The name of this Entity.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of the entity

Parameters:

name - the name of the entity

getParentEntity

public ERMEntity getParentEntity()

Returns the parent ERMEntity for this entity