javax.jdo.metadata
Interface Metadata

All Known Subinterfaces:
ArrayMetadata, ClassMetadata, CollectionMetadata, ColumnMetadata, DatastoreIdentityMetadata, DiscriminatorMetadata, ElementMetadata, EmbeddedMetadata, FetchGroupMetadata, FetchPlanMetadata, FieldMetadata, ForeignKeyMetadata, IndexMetadata, InheritanceMetadata, InterfaceMetadata, JDOMetadata, JoinMetadata, KeyMetadata, MapMetadata, MemberMetadata, OrderMetadata, PackageMetadata, PrimaryKeyMetadata, PropertyMetadata, QueryMetadata, SequenceMetadata, TypeMetadata, UniqueMetadata, ValueMetadata, VersionMetadata

public interface Metadata

This interface provides base level definitions for all metadata components.

Version:
3.0

Method Summary
 ExtensionMetadata[] getExtensions()
          Accessor for the defined extensions for this component
 int getNumberOfExtensions()
          Number of extensions on this component.
 Metadata getParent()
          Accessor for the parent metadata component.
 ExtensionMetadata newExtensionMetadata(java.lang.String vendor, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value)
          Add a vendor extension to this metadata component.
 

Method Detail

newExtensionMetadata

ExtensionMetadata newExtensionMetadata(java.lang.String vendor,
                                       java.lang.String key,
                                       java.lang.String value)
Add a vendor extension to this metadata component.

Parameters:
vendor - Identifier for the vendor
key - The extension key
value - Value for the extension
Returns:
The ExtensionMetadata

getNumberOfExtensions

int getNumberOfExtensions()
Number of extensions on this component.

Returns:
Number of extensions

getExtensions

ExtensionMetadata[] getExtensions()
Accessor for the defined extensions for this component

Returns:
The extensions

getParent

Metadata getParent()
Accessor for the parent metadata component.

Returns:
The parent


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