org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters

Class ConnectionConverter

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ElementHeaderConverter

org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ReferenceableConverter

org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ConnectionConverter

public class ConnectionConverter
extends ReferenceableConverter

ConnectionConverter transfers the relevant properties from some Open Metadata Repository Services (OMRS) EntityDetail and Relationship objects into a Connection bean.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ElementHeaderConverter

entity, relationship, repositoryHelper, serviceName, typeName

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConnectionConverter(EntityDetail connectionEntity, Endpoint endpoint, ConnectorType connectorType, List<EmbeddedConnection> embeddedConnections, OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper, String serviceName) Constructor captures the repository content needed to create the connection object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Connection	getBean() Request the bean is extracted from the repository objects.

Methods inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ReferenceableConverter

getClassificationProperties, updateBean

Methods inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ElementHeaderConverter

updateBean

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConnectionConverter

public ConnectionConverter(EntityDetail connectionEntity,
                           Endpoint endpoint,
                           ConnectorType connectorType,
                           List<EmbeddedConnection> embeddedConnections,
                           OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper,
                           String serviceName)

Constructor captures the repository content needed to create the connection object. This may ba a Connection or a VirtualConnection. EmbeddedConnections determines which.

Parameters:

connectionEntity - properties to convert

endpoint - endpoint for the connection

connectorType - connector type for the connection

embeddedConnections - list of embedded connections (optional)

repositoryHelper - helper object to parse entity/relationship objects

serviceName - name of this component

Method Detail

getBean

public Connection getBean()

Request the bean is extracted from the repository objects. This bean has multiple parts to it. At the root is a connection object. It typically has a connector type and an endpoint linked to it. Optionally it has embedded connections in it.

Overrides:

getBean in class ReferenceableConverter

Returns:

output bean