Package org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters

Class ElementHeaderConverter

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.commonservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.converters.ElementHeaderConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ReferenceableConverter

public class ElementHeaderConverter
extends Object

ElementHeaderConverter provides the root converter for the element beans. This root converter covers the OCF ElementBase attributes: type (ElementType), guid, url and the classifications. It leaves extendedProperties to the sub lasses The root converter has two constructors. Once constructor is for an object that is built just from an entity (eg Discovery Engine Properties). The other is for an object built from a combination of connected entities. In this second case, the root entity and possibly a relevant relationship is passed on the constructor.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected EntityDetail	entity
protected Relationship	relationship
protected OMRSRepositoryHelper	repositoryHelper
protected String	serverName
protected String	serviceName
protected String	typeName

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ElementHeaderConverter(EntityDetail entity, Relationship relationship, OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper, String serviceName, String serverName)	Constructor captures the initial content with relationship

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	setTypeName()	Extract the type name from the entity (if not null).
void	updateBean(ElementBase bean)	Extract the properties from the entity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

entity

protected EntityDetail entity

relationship

protected Relationship relationship

repositoryHelper

protected OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper

serviceName

protected String serviceName

serverName

protected String serverName

typeName

protected String typeName

Constructor Details

ElementHeaderConverter

public ElementHeaderConverter(EntityDetail entity,
 Relationship relationship,
 OMRSRepositoryHelper repositoryHelper,
 String serviceName,
 String serverName)

Constructor captures the initial content with relationship

Parameters:

entity - properties to convert

relationship - properties to convert

repositoryHelper - helper object to parse entity/relationship

serviceName - name of this component

serverName - called server

Method Details

setTypeName

protected void setTypeName()

Extract the type name from the entity (if not null).

updateBean

public void updateBean(ElementBase bean)

Extract the properties from the entity.

Parameters:

bean - output bean