Package org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.repositoryhandler

Class RepositoryIteratorForEntities

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.repositoryhandler.RepositoryIteratorForEntities

Direct Known Subclasses:

RepositoryEntitiesIterator, RepositoryFindEntitiesIterator, RepositoryRelatedEntitiesIterator, RepositorySelectedEntitiesIterator

public abstract class RepositoryIteratorForEntities
extends Object

RepositoryIteratorForEntities is the shared interface of all repository helper iterators that retrieve entity details from the repository.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected List<EntityDetail>	entitiesCache
protected String	entityTypeGUID
protected String	entityTypeName
protected String	methodName
protected int	pageSize
protected RepositoryHandler	repositoryHandler
protected String	sequencingPropertyName
protected int	startingFrom
protected String	userId

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RepositoryIteratorForEntities(RepositoryHandler repositoryHandler, String userId, String entityTypeGUID, String entityTypeName, String sequencingPropertyName, int startingFrom, int pageSize, String methodName)	Constructor takes the parameters used to call the repository handler.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityDetail	getNext()	Return the next entity.
abstract boolean	moreToReceive()	Determine if there is more to receive.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

repositoryHandler

protected RepositoryHandler repositoryHandler

userId

protected String userId

entityTypeGUID

protected String entityTypeGUID

entityTypeName

protected String entityTypeName

startingFrom

protected int startingFrom

pageSize

protected int pageSize

methodName

protected String methodName

sequencingPropertyName

protected String sequencingPropertyName

entitiesCache

protected List<EntityDetail> entitiesCache

Constructor Detail

RepositoryIteratorForEntities

public RepositoryIteratorForEntities(RepositoryHandler repositoryHandler,
                                     String userId,
                                     String entityTypeGUID,
                                     String entityTypeName,
                                     String sequencingPropertyName,
                                     int startingFrom,
                                     int pageSize,
                                     String methodName)

Constructor takes the parameters used to call the repository handler.

Parameters:

repositoryHandler - interface to the open metadata repositories.

userId - user making the request

entityTypeGUID - identifier for the type of entity to retrieve

entityTypeName - name for the type of entity to retrieve

sequencingPropertyName - name of property used to sequence the results - null means no sequencing

startingFrom - initial position in the stored list.

pageSize - maximum number of definitions to return on this call.

methodName - name of calling method

Method Detail

moreToReceive

public abstract boolean moreToReceive()
                               throws UserNotAuthorizedException,
                                      PropertyServerException

Determine if there is more to receive. It will populate the iterator's cache with more content.

Returns:

boolean flag

Throws:

UserNotAuthorizedException - the repository is not allowing the user to access the metadata

PropertyServerException - there is a problem in the repository

getNext

public EntityDetail getNext()
                     throws UserNotAuthorizedException,
                            PropertyServerException

Return the next entity. It returns null if nothing left to retrieve.

Returns:

relationship or null

Throws:

UserNotAuthorizedException - the repository is not allowing the user to access the metadata

PropertyServerException - there is a problem in the repository