Package org.odpi.openmetadata.opentypes

Class OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor

java.lang.Object
org.odpi.openmetadata.opentypes.OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor
public class OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor extends Object
OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor provides utility methods to help access the content of an open metadata archive.

  • Constructor Details

    • OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor

      public OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor(OpenMetadataArchive openMetadataArchive)
      Parse the supplied archive.
      Parameters:
      openMetadataArchive - archive object

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor getInstance()
      Return a special singleton for the open metadata types archive (note not thread safe).
      Returns:
      OpenMetadataTypesArchiveAccessor instance loaded with the open metadata types

    • getTypeDefByName

      public TypeDef getTypeDefByName(String typeName)
      Return the type definition for the supplied name.
      Parameters:
      typeName - name of type
      Returns:
      TypeDef object from the archive

    • getTypeDefByGUID

      public TypeDef getTypeDefByGUID(String typeGUID)
      Return the type definition for the supplied type guid.
      Parameters:
      typeGUID - guid of the type
      Returns:
      TypeDef object from the archive

    • getEntityDefByName

      public EntityDef getEntityDefByName(String typeName)
      Return the entity type definition for the supplied name.
      Parameters:
      typeName - name of type
      Returns:
      EntityDef object from the archive

    • getEntityDefByGuid

      public EntityDef getEntityDefByGuid(String typeGuid)
      Return the entity type definition for the supplied type guid.
      Parameters:
      typeGuid - guid of the type
      Returns:
      EntityDef object from the archive

    • getRelationshipDefByName

      public RelationshipDef getRelationshipDefByName(String typeName)
      Return the relationship type definition for the supplied name.
      Parameters:
      typeName - name of type
      Returns:
      RelationshipDef object from the archive

    • getRelationshipDefByGuid

      public RelationshipDef getRelationshipDefByGuid(String typeGuid)
      Return the relationship type definition for the supplied type guid.
      Parameters:
      typeGuid - guid of type
      Returns:
      RelationshipDef object from the archive

    • getClassificationDefByName

      public ClassificationDef getClassificationDefByName(String typeName)
      Return the classification type definition for the supplied name.
      Parameters:
      typeName - name of type
      Returns:
      ClassificationDef object from the archive

    • getEnumDefByName

      public EnumDef getEnumDefByName(String typeName)
      Return the enumeration type definition for the supplied name.
      Parameters:
      typeName - name of type
      Returns:
      EnumDef object from the archive

    • createTemplateFromTypeDef

      public InstanceType createTemplateFromTypeDef(TypeDef typeDef)
      Return the instance type definition for the supplied TypeDef
      Parameters:
      typeDef - typeDef source values for the InstanceType
      Returns:
      the an InstanceType (template)