org.jaffa.metadata
Class DomainMetaDataHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.jaffa.metadata.DomainMetaDataHelper

public class DomainMetaDataHelper

extends Object

This class has helper routines for the domain meta objects.

Constructor Summary

DomainMetaDataHelper()

Method Summary

static String[]	getAttributes(Map fieldMap) Returns an array of attributes defined in a domain meta object.
static FieldMetaData[]	getFieldMetaData(Map fieldMap) Returns an array of FieldMetaData objects defined in a domain meta object.
static FieldMetaData	getFieldMetaData(Map fieldMap, String fieldName) Returns a FieldMetaData object defined in a domain meta object for the input field.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DomainMetaDataHelper

public DomainMetaDataHelper()

Method Detail

getAttributes

public static String[] getAttributes(Map fieldMap)

Returns an array of attributes defined in a domain meta object.

Parameters:

fieldMap - A Map containing key-ed by attribute names.

Returns:

an array of attributes defined in a domain meta object.

getFieldMetaData

public static FieldMetaData[] getFieldMetaData(Map fieldMap)

Returns an array of FieldMetaData objects defined in a domain meta object.

Parameters:

fieldMap - A Map containing a Collection of FieldMetaData objects.

Returns:

an array of FieldMetaData objects defined in a domain meta object.

getFieldMetaData

public static FieldMetaData getFieldMetaData(Map fieldMap,
                                             String fieldName)

Returns a FieldMetaData object defined in a domain meta object for the input field.

Parameters:

fieldMap - A Map containing a Collection of FieldMetaData objects, key-ed by attribute names.

fieldName - the name of the attribute.

Returns:

a FieldMetaData object defined in a domain meta object for the input field.