Class OpenMetadataStoreConverter<B>

Direct Known Subclasses:
ElementHeaderConverter, ExternalIdentifierConverter, GovernanceActionProcessConverter, GovernanceActionProcessStepConverter, GovernanceActionTypeConverter, MetadataElementConverter, OpenGovernanceConverterBase, OpenMetadataElementStubConverter, OpenMetadataRelationshipConverter, RelatedElementConverter, ValidMetadataValueConverter

public abstract class OpenMetadataStoreConverter<B> extends OMFConverter<B>
OpenMetadataStoreConverter provides the generic methods for the Open Metadata Framework (omf) 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 Governance Engine bean.
  • Constructor Details

    • OpenMetadataStoreConverter

      protected OpenMetadataStoreConverter(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

    • getOpenMetadataElement

      protected OpenMetadataElement getOpenMetadataElement(String entityGUID, List<EntityDetail> entities)
      Build an open metadata element bean from a matching entity.
      Parameters:
      entityGUID - unique identifier of desired entity
      entities - list of retrieved entities
      Returns:
      new bean or null if guid is not in list
    • getOpenMetadataElementStub

      public OpenMetadataElementStub getOpenMetadataElementStub(EntityProxy entityProxy)
      Create an OpenMetadataElementStub from an EntityProxy.
      Parameters:
      entityProxy - retrieved entity proxy
      Returns:
      stub
    • mapElementProperties

      public ElementProperties mapElementProperties(InstanceProperties instanceProperties)
      Fill out the properties for the omf Open Metadata Element bean with values from an OMRS entity.
      Overrides:
      mapElementProperties in class OpenMetadataAPIGenericConverter<B>
      Parameters:
      instanceProperties - retrieve properties
      Returns:
      properties mapped to omf
    • fillOpenMetadataElement

      public void fillOpenMetadataElement(OpenMetadataElement bean, EntityDetail entity)
      Fill out the properties for the omf Open Metadata Element bean with values from an OMRS entity.
      Parameters:
      bean - bean to fill
      entity - values from repositories