Package org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.generichandlers

Class OCFConverter<B>

java.lang.Object
org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.generichandlers.OpenMetadataAPIGenericConverter<B>
org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.generichandlers.OCFConverter<B>
Direct Known Subclasses:
APIOperationConverter, AssetConverter, CatalogTargetConverter, CatalogTargetConverter, CertificationConverter, CommentConverter, ConnectionConverter, ConnectorTypeConverter, EndpointConverter, ExternalIdentifierConverter, ExternalReferenceConverter, InformalTagConverter, IntegrationReportConverter, LicenseConverter, LikeConverter, LocationConverter, MeaningConverter, NoteConverter, NoteLogConverter, ODFConverter, OpenMetadataStoreConverter, RatingConverter, ReferenceableConverter, RelatedAssetConverter, RelatedMediaConverter, SchemaAttributeConverter, SchemaTypeConverter, SearchKeywordConverter
public abstract class OCFConverter<B> extends OpenMetadataAPIGenericConverter<B>
OCFConverter provides the generic methods for the OCF beans converters. Generic classes have limited knowledge of the classes these are working on and this means creating a new instance of a class from within a generic is a little involved. This class provides the generic method for creating and initializing a Data Manager bean.

  • Constructor Details

    • OCFConverter

      protected OCFConverter(OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper, String serviceName, String serverName)
      Constructor
      Parameters:
      repositoryHelper - helper object to parse entity
      serviceName - name of this component
      serverName - name of this server

  • Method Details

    • setUpElementHeader

      protected void setUpElementHeader(ElementBase elementBase, EntityDetail entity, String expectedTypeName, String methodName) throws PropertyServerException
      Extract the properties from the entity.
      Parameters:
      elementBase - the header for the bean
      entity - entity containing the properties
      expectedTypeName - type that the entity must match (or it may be a subtype)
      methodName - calling method
      Throws:
      PropertyServerException - the supplied entity is not of the expected type

    • setUpElementHeader

      protected void setUpElementHeader(ElementBase elementBase, InstanceHeader instanceHeader, List<Classification> classifications, String methodName) throws PropertyServerException
      Extract the properties from the entity.
      Parameters:
      elementBase - the header for the bean
      instanceHeader - header of entity
      classifications - classifications from the entity
      methodName - calling method
      Throws:
      PropertyServerException - the supplied entity is not of the expected type

    • getClassification

      protected ElementClassification getClassification(String classificationName, List<ElementClassification> beanClassifications)
      Retrieve a specific named classification.
      Parameters:
      classificationName - name of classification
      beanClassifications - list of classifications retrieved from the repositories
      Returns:
      null or the requested classification

    • removeClassification

      protected List<ElementClassification> removeClassification(String classificationName, List<ElementClassification> beanClassifications)
      Remove the requested classification from the bean classifications and return the resulting list.
      Parameters:
      classificationName - name of the classification
      beanClassifications - list of classifications retrieved from the repositories
      Returns:
      null or a list of classifications

    • removeSortOrder

      protected DataItemSortOrder removeSortOrder(InstanceProperties instanceProperties)
      Extract and delete the sortOrder property from the supplied instance properties.
      Parameters:
      instanceProperties - properties from entity
      Returns:
      DataItemSortOrder enum

    • removeOwnerTypeFromProperties

      protected OwnerType removeOwnerTypeFromProperties(InstanceProperties properties)
      Retrieve and delete the OwnerType enum property from the instance properties of an entity
      Parameters:
      properties - entity properties
      Returns:
      OwnerType enum value

    • getOwnerTypeFromProperties

      protected OwnerType getOwnerTypeFromProperties(InstanceProperties properties)
      Retrieve the OwnerType enum property from the instance properties of a classification
      Parameters:
      properties - entity properties
      Returns:
      OwnerType enum value

    • getEmbeddedConnection

      protected Connection getEmbeddedConnection(Class<B> beanClass, EntityDetail primaryEntity, List<EntityDetail> supplementaryEntities, List<Relationship> relationships, String methodName) throws PropertyServerException
      Using the supplied instances, return a new instance of the Connection bean. It may be a Connection or a VirtualConnection.
      Parameters:
      beanClass - class name for the bean
      primaryEntity - entity that is the root of the collection of entities that make up the content of the bean
      supplementaryEntities - entities connected to the primary entity by the relationships
      relationships - relationships linking the entities
      methodName - calling method
      Returns:
      bean populated with properties from the instances supplied in the constructor
      Throws:
      PropertyServerException - there is a problem instantiating the bean