Package org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworkservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.client

Class ConnectedExternalIdentifiers

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.beans.PropertyBase

org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.PropertyIteratorBase

org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.ExternalIdentifiers

org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworkservices.ocf.metadatamanagement.client.ConnectedExternalIdentifiers

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator<ExternalIdentifier>

public class ConnectedExternalIdentifiers
extends ExternalIdentifiers

ConnectedExternalIdentifiers provides the open metadata concrete implementation of the Open Connector Framework (OCF) ExternalIdentifiers abstract class. Its role is to query the property servers (metadata repository cohort) to extract external identifiers related to the connected asset.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.PropertyIteratorBase

pagingIterator

Fields inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.beans.PropertyBase

CURRENT_AUDIT_HEADER_VERSION

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected ElementBase	cloneElement(ElementBase template)	Method implemented by a subclass that ensures the cloning process is a deep clone.
protected ExternalIdentifiers	cloneIterator()	Clones this iterator.
protected List<ElementBase>	getCachedList(int cacheStartPointer, int maximumSize)	Method implemented by subclass to retrieve the next cached list of elements.

Methods inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.ExternalIdentifiers

hasNext, next, remove, toString

Methods inherited from class org.odpi.openmetadata.frameworks.connectors.properties.beans.PropertyBase

equals, getHeaderVersion, hashCode, setHeaderVersion

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

forEachRemaining

Method Details

cloneIterator

protected ExternalIdentifiers cloneIterator()

Clones this iterator.

Specified by:

cloneIterator in class ExternalIdentifiers

Returns:

new cloned object.

cloneElement

protected ElementBase cloneElement(ElementBase template)

Method implemented by a subclass that ensures the cloning process is a deep clone.

Overrides:

cloneElement in class ExternalIdentifiers

Parameters:

template - object to clone

Returns:

new cloned object.

getCachedList

protected List<ElementBase> getCachedList(int cacheStartPointer,
 int maximumSize)
                                   throws PropertyServerException

Method implemented by subclass to retrieve the next cached list of elements.

Specified by:

getCachedList in class PropertyIteratorBase

Parameters:

cacheStartPointer - where to start the cache.

maximumSize - maximum number of elements in the cache.

Returns:

list of elements corresponding to the supplied cache pointers.

Throws:

PropertyServerException - there is a problem retrieving elements from the property (metadata) server.