org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.archivestore

Interface OpenMetadataArchiveStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

OpenMetadataArchiveStoreConnector

public interface OpenMetadataArchiveStore

OpenMetadataArchiveStore is the interface for a connector to an open metadata archive. The open metadata archive is a collection of type definitions (TypeDefs) and metadata instances (Entities and Relationships) that can be loaded into an open metadata repository.

An open metadata archive has 3 sections:

• Archive properties
• Type store: an ordered list of types
• Instance store: a list of entities and relationships

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OpenMetadataArchive	getArchiveContents() Return the contents of the archive.
void	setArchiveContents(OpenMetadataArchive archiveContents) Set new contents into the archive.

Method Detail

getArchiveContents

OpenMetadataArchive getArchiveContents()

Return the contents of the archive.

Returns:

OpenMetadataArchive object

setArchiveContents

void setArchiveContents(OpenMetadataArchive archiveContents)

Set new contents into the archive. This overrides any content previously stored.

Parameters:

archiveContents - OpenMetadataArchive object