de.tif.jacob.core.definition
Interface IDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

IApplicationDefinition

public interface IDefinition

This interface represents an abstract definition used to fetch

table definitions

table aliases

browser definitions

relations

relation sets

domain definitions by name.

Method Summary

IBrowserDefinition	getBrowserDefinition(java.lang.String name) Fetches a browser definition by means of a given name.
IDomainDefinition	getDomainDefinition(java.lang.String name) Fetches a domain definition by means of a given name.
IRelation	getRelation(java.lang.String name) Fetches a relation by means of a given name.
IRelationSet	getRelationSet(java.lang.String name) Fetches a relation set by means of a given name.
ITableAlias	getTableAlias(java.lang.String name) Fetches a table alias by means of a given name.
ITableDefinition	getTableDefinition(java.lang.String name) Fetches a table definition by means of a given name.

Method Detail

getBrowserDefinition

IBrowserDefinition getBrowserDefinition(java.lang.String name)
                                        throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a browser definition by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired browser definition

Returns:

the desired browser definition

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such browser definition exists.

getTableDefinition

ITableDefinition getTableDefinition(java.lang.String name)
                                    throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a table definition by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired table definition

Returns:

the desired table definition

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such table definition exists.

getTableAlias

ITableAlias getTableAlias(java.lang.String name)
                          throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a table alias by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired table alias

Returns:

the desired table alias

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such table alias exists.

getRelationSet

IRelationSet getRelationSet(java.lang.String name)
                            throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a relation set by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired relation set

Returns:

the desired relation set

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such relation set exists.

getRelation

IRelation getRelation(java.lang.String name)
                      throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a relation by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired relation

Returns:

the desired relation

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such relation exists.

getDomainDefinition

IDomainDefinition getDomainDefinition(java.lang.String name)
                                      throws java.lang.RuntimeException

Fetches a domain definition by means of a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the desired domain definition

Returns:

the desired domain definition

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if no such domain definition exists.