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(AttributeType at)	Adds a new attribute type.
AttributeType	getAttributeType(String name)
Collection<AttributeType>	getAttributeTypes()
Map<String,AttributeType>	getAttributeTypesAsMap()
String[]	getSupportedAttributeValueTypes()
void	removeAttributeType(String id, boolean deleteInstances)	Removes attribute type by id.
void	updateAttributeType(AttributeType at)	Updates an existing attribute type.

Method Detail

getSupportedAttributeValueTypes

String[] getSupportedAttributeValueTypes()
                                  throws 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:

EngineException

addAttributeType

void addAttributeType(AttributeType at)
               throws EngineException

Adds a new attribute type.

Throws:

EngineException

updateAttributeType

void updateAttributeType(AttributeType at)
                  throws EngineException

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

Throws:

EngineException

removeAttributeType

void removeAttributeType(String id,
                         boolean deleteInstances)
                  throws 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:

EngineException

getAttributeTypes

Collection<AttributeType> getAttributeTypes()
                                     throws EngineException

Returns:

all attribute types

Throws:

EngineException

getAttributeTypesAsMap

Map<String,AttributeType> getAttributeTypesAsMap()
                                                throws EngineException

Returns:

all attribute types map with names as keys

Throws:

EngineException

getAttributeType

AttributeType getAttributeType(String name)
                        throws EngineException

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

attribute type with a given name

Throws:

EngineException