ddf.catalog.data

Interface MetacardType

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

QualifiedMetacardType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssociationsAttributes, ContactAttributes, CoreAttributes, DateTimeAttributes, DynamicMetacardType, DynamicMultiMetacardType, ExtractedAttributes, FeatureMetacardType, LocationAttributes, MediaAttributes, MetacardTypeImpl, Mp4MetacardType, QualifiedMetacardTypeImpl, QueryMetacardTypeImpl, RegistryObjectMetacardType, SecurityAttributes, TopicAttributes, ValidationAttributes, VersionAttributes, WorkspaceAttributes, WorkspaceMetacardType

public interface MetacardType
extends Serializable

This class describes the set of attributes a Metacard can contain.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DEFAULT_METACARD_TYPE_NAME Default name of the default MetacardType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttributeDescriptor	getAttributeDescriptor(String attributeName) Get the AttributeDescriptor for a particular Attribute name.
Set<AttributeDescriptor>	getAttributeDescriptors() Returns the unmodifiable Set of AttributeDescriptors for this MetacardType.
String	getName() Gets the name of this MetacardType.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_METACARD_TYPE_NAME

static final String DEFAULT_METACARD_TYPE_NAME

Default name of the default MetacardType

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of this MetacardType. A MetacardType name must be unique. Two separate MetacardType objects that do not have the same set of AttributeDescriptors should not have the same name.

Returns:

the name of this MetacardType, default is DEFAULT_METACARD_TYPE_NAME;

getAttributeDescriptors

Set<AttributeDescriptor> getAttributeDescriptors()

Returns the unmodifiable Set of AttributeDescriptors for this MetacardType.

Returns:

See Also:

Collections.unmodifiableSet(Set)

getAttributeDescriptor

AttributeDescriptor getAttributeDescriptor(String attributeName)

Get the AttributeDescriptor for a particular Attribute name.

Parameters:

attributeName -

Returns:

the AttributeDescriptor, null if not found.