org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.subjectarea.server.mappers.graph

Class NodeTypeMapper

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.accessservices.subjectarea.server.mappers.graph.NodeTypeMapper

public class NodeTypeMapper
extends Object

Static mapping methods to map between the node type and the Entity Type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NodeTypeMapper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static NodeType	mapEntityTypeGuidToNodeType(String guid) convert an entity type guid to a NodeType
static String	mapNodeTypeToEntityTypeGuid(NodeType nodeType) Map nodeType to entity type guid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeTypeMapper

public NodeTypeMapper()

Method Detail

mapNodeTypeToEntityTypeGuid

public static String mapNodeTypeToEntityTypeGuid(NodeType nodeType)
                                          throws InvalidParameterException

Map nodeType to entity type guid. The nodeType is the type of node that is exposed in the nodeType API. The subject Area OMAs needs to convert the node type into a guid of an entity type so it can be used to call omrs. The supplied NodeType is mapped to an EntityType name :

• The NodeType name can match the EntityType name - e.g. Glossary
• The NodeType name may need to be renamed to the appropriate entity type e.g. Term
• The NodeType name may map to en entity type with a classification e.g. Taxonomy

Parameters:

nodeType - nodeType this is the type of node that is exposed in the nodetype API

Returns:

entity Type guid.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - one of the parameters is null or invalid.

mapEntityTypeGuidToNodeType

public static NodeType mapEntityTypeGuidToNodeType(String guid)

convert an entity type guid to a NodeType

Parameters:

guid - entity Type guid.

Returns:

NodeType nodetype