From 195774c489a1a671aca514b0afa88332bf9c6ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lresende <lresende@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:12 +0000
Subject: Moving SDO tags

git-svn-id: http://svn.us.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany@834617 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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 .../main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java   | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sdo-java/tags/1.1.1/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java

(limited to 'sdo-java/tags/1.1.1/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java')

diff --git a/sdo-java/tags/1.1.1/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java b/sdo-java/tags/1.1.1/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6281a257b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdo-java/tags/1.1.1/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/helper/TypeHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * <copyright>
+ *
+ * Service Data Objects
+ * Version 2.1.0
+ * Licensed Materials
+ *
+ * (c) Copyright BEA Systems, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, 
+ * Oracle Corporation, Primeton Technologies Ltd., Rogue Wave Software, SAP AG., 
+ * Software AG., Sun Microsystems, Sybase Inc., Xcalia, Zend Technologies, 
+ * 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * </copyright>
+ * 
+ */
+
+package commonj.sdo.helper;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import commonj.sdo.DataObject;
+import commonj.sdo.Property;
+import commonj.sdo.Type;
+import commonj.sdo.impl.HelperProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Look up a Type given the uri and typeName or interfaceClass.
+ * SDO Types are available through the
+ *   getType("commonj.sdo", typeName) method.
+ * Defines Types from DataObjects.
+ */
+public interface TypeHelper
+{
+  /**
+   * Return the Type specified by typeName with the given uri,
+   *   or null if not found.
+   * @param uri The uri of the Type - type.getURI();
+   * @param typeName The name of the Type - type.getName();
+   * @return the Type specified by typeName with the given uri,
+   *   or null if not found.
+   */
+  Type getType(String uri, String typeName);
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the Type for this interfaceClass or null if not found.
+   * @param interfaceClass is the interface for the DataObject's Type -  
+   *   type.getInstanceClass();
+   * @return the Type for this interfaceClass or null if not found.
+   */
+  Type getType(Class interfaceClass);
+  
+  /**
+   * Get the open content (global) Property with the specified uri and name, or null
+   * if not found.
+   * @param uri the namespace URI of the open content Property.
+   * @param propertyName the name of the open content Property.
+   * @return the global Property.
+   */
+  Property getOpenContentProperty(String uri, String propertyName);
+  
+  /**
+   * Define the DataObject as a Type.
+   * The Type is available through TypeHelper and DataGraph getType() methods.
+   * @param type the DataObject representing the Type.
+   * @return the defined Type.
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Type could not be defined.
+   */
+  Type define(DataObject type);
+
+  /**
+   * Define the list of DataObjects as Types.
+   * The Types are available through TypeHelper and DataGraph getType() methods.
+   * @param types a List of DataObjects representing the Types.
+   * @return the defined Types.
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Types could not be defined.
+   */
+  List /*Type*/ define(List /*DataObject*/ types);
+
+  /**
+   * Define the DataObject as a Property for setting open content.
+   * The containing Type of the open content property is not specified by SDO.
+   * If the specified uri is not null the defined property is accessible through
+   * TypeHelper.getOpenContentProperty(uri, propertyName).
+   * If a null uri is specified, the location and management of the open content property
+   * is not specified by SDO.
+   * @param uri the namespace URI of the open content Property or null.
+   * @return the defined open content Property.
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Property could not be defined.
+   */
+  Property defineOpenContentProperty(String uri, DataObject property);
+
+  /**
+   * The default TypeHelper.
+   */
+  TypeHelper INSTANCE = HelperProvider.getTypeHelper();
+}
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