com.sun.jdo.api.persistence.mapping.ejb
Interface EJBInfoHelper

public interface EJBInfoHelper

This is an interface which represents information found in the ejb-jar.xml descriptor and provides a variety of other information and helper objects needed to do mapping and generating of ejb related things in persistence.

Author:

Rochelle Raccah

Method Summary

ConversionHelper	createConversionHelper() Creates and returns an instance of the ConversionHelper object to use for this helper.
AbstractNameMapper	createUniqueNameMapper() Creates and returns an instance of the AbstractNameMapper object to use for generation of unique names with this helper.
Collection	getAvailableSchemaNames() Gets a collection of names of schemas defined in this ejb jar.
ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Gets the class loader which corresponds to this ejb jar.
String	getEjbJarDisplayName() Gets the name of the ejb jar.
Collection	getEjbNames() Gets a collection of names of cmp entity beans defined in this ejb jar.
Collection	getFieldsForEjb(String ejbName) Gets a collection of names of cmp fields and cmr fields defined in this ejb jar for the specified ejb.
Model	getModel() Gets the Model object to use for this helper.
AbstractNameMapper	getNameMapper() Gets the AbstractNameMapper object to use for this helper.
Collection	getRelationshipsForEjb(String ejbName) Gets a collection of names of cmr fields defined in this ejb jar for the specified ejb.
org.netbeans.modules.dbschema.SchemaElement	getSchema(String schemaName) Gets the schema with the specified name, loading it if necessary.
String	getSchemaNameToGenerate() Gets the name to use for schema generation.

Method Detail

getEjbJarDisplayName

String getEjbJarDisplayName()

Gets the name of the ejb jar.

Returns:

the name of the ejb jar

getAvailableSchemaNames

Collection getAvailableSchemaNames()

Gets a collection of names of schemas defined in this ejb jar.

Returns:

a collection schema names

getSchemaNameToGenerate

String getSchemaNameToGenerate()

Gets the name to use for schema generation. An example might be a combo of app name, module name, etc.

Returns:

the name to use for schema generation

getSchema

org.netbeans.modules.dbschema.SchemaElement getSchema(String schemaName)

Gets the schema with the specified name, loading it if necessary.

Parameters:

schemaName - the name of the schema to be loaded

Returns:

the schema object

getEjbNames

Collection getEjbNames()

Gets a collection of names of cmp entity beans defined in this ejb jar.

Returns:

a collection cmp ejb names

getFieldsForEjb

Collection getFieldsForEjb(String ejbName)

Gets a collection of names of cmp fields and cmr fields defined in this ejb jar for the specified ejb.

Parameters:

ejbName - the name of the ejb for which a list of fields will be created

Returns:

a collection cmp and cmr field names

getRelationshipsForEjb

Collection getRelationshipsForEjb(String ejbName)

Gets a collection of names of cmr fields defined in this ejb jar for the specified ejb.

Parameters:

ejbName - the name of the ejb for which a list of cmr fields will be created

Returns:

a collection cmr field names

getClassLoader

ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Gets the class loader which corresponds to this ejb jar. Implementations can return null if this is not relevant.

Returns:

the class loader which corresponds to this ejb jar

getNameMapper

AbstractNameMapper getNameMapper()

Gets the AbstractNameMapper object to use for this helper.

Returns:

the name mapper object

createUniqueNameMapper

AbstractNameMapper createUniqueNameMapper()

Creates and returns an instance of the AbstractNameMapper object to use for generation of unique names with this helper. Unique names usually means that the mapper doesn't use the same jdo and ejb names. Note that this method is a factory-like method which creates a new instance so the caller can make modifications to it as necessary.

Returns:

the name mapper object

createConversionHelper

ConversionHelper createConversionHelper()

Creates and returns an instance of the ConversionHelper object to use for this helper. Note that this method is a factory-like method which creates a new instance so the caller can make modifications to it as necessary.

Returns:

the conversion helper object

getModel

Model getModel()

Gets the Model object to use for this helper.

Returns:

the model object