org.tentackle.model

Interface EntityFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityFactoryImpl

public interface EntityFactory

A factory for entity models.

Author:

harald

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Attribute	createAttribute(Entity entity, SourceInfo sourceInfo, boolean implicit) Creates an attribute.
AttributeOptions	createAttributeOptions(Attribute attribute, SourceInfo sourceInfo) Creates attribute options.
Entity	createEntity(SourceInfo sourceInfo) Creates an empty entity.
Entity	createEntity(String model, ModelDefaults modelDefaults) Creates an entity from a model source.
EntityOptions	createEntityOptions(Entity entity, SourceInfo sourceInfo) Creates entity options.
Index	createIndex(Entity entity, SourceInfo sourceInfo) Creates an index.
IndexAttribute	createIndexAttribute(Index index) Creates an index attribute.
Relation	createRelation(Entity entity, SourceInfo sourceInfo) Creates a relation.
Collection<Backend>	getBackends() Gets the backends to validate the model against.
void	setBackends(Collection<Backend> backends) Sets the backends to validate the model against.

Method Detail

setBackends

void setBackends(Collection<Backend> backends)

Sets the backends to validate the model against.

Parameters:

backends - the backends, null to disable check

getBackends

Collection<Backend> getBackends()

Gets the backends to validate the model against.

Returns:

the backends, empty if check is disabled, never null

createEntity

Entity createEntity(SourceInfo sourceInfo)

Creates an empty entity.

Parameters:

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

Returns:

the created entity

createEntity

Entity createEntity(String model,
                    ModelDefaults modelDefaults)
             throws ModelException

Creates an entity from a model source.

Parameters:

model - the model source

modelDefaults - the model defaults, null if none

Returns:

the created entity

Throws:

ModelException - if parsing the model failed

createAttribute

Attribute createAttribute(Entity entity,
                          SourceInfo sourceInfo,
                          boolean implicit)

Creates an attribute.

Parameters:

entity - the entity this attribute belongs to

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

implicit - true if implicit attribute

Returns:

the created attribute

createAttributeOptions

AttributeOptions createAttributeOptions(Attribute attribute,
                                        SourceInfo sourceInfo)

Creates attribute options.

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

Returns:

the created options

createEntityOptions

EntityOptions createEntityOptions(Entity entity,
                                  SourceInfo sourceInfo)

Creates entity options.

Parameters:

entity - the entity

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

Returns:

the created options

createIndex

Index createIndex(Entity entity,
                  SourceInfo sourceInfo)

Creates an index.

Parameters:

entity - the entity this index belongs to

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

Returns:

the created index

createIndexAttribute

IndexAttribute createIndexAttribute(Index index)

Creates an index attribute.

Parameters:

index - the index

Returns:

the created index attribute

createRelation

Relation createRelation(Entity entity,
                        SourceInfo sourceInfo)

Creates a relation.

Parameters:

entity - the entity this relation belongs to

sourceInfo - source information, null if none

Returns:

the created relation