com.steptools.stdev

Class SchemaBase

java.lang.Object

com.steptools.stdev.SchemaBase

public abstract class SchemaBase
extends Object

Represents an EXPRESS schema.

This class must be extended by an EXPRESS class to provide a comcrete implementation of the schema. Within the namespace for the schema, the extention class is named Schema.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	SchemaBase()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
StaticEntityDomain	findEntityDomain(String name) Gets the EntityDomain within the schema.
static SchemaBase	forName(String name) Gets the schema with the specified name
String	getName() Gets the name of the schema
protected abstract PopulationBase	newPopulation(Model mod, Object id)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SchemaBase

protected SchemaBase()

Method Detail

forName

public static SchemaBase forName(String name)
                          throws SchemaNotFoundException,
                                 SchemaStructureException

Gets the schema with the specified name

Parameters:

name - The name to search for.

Returns:

The requested schema.

Throws:

SchemaNotFoundException - the requested schema could not be located.

SchemaStructureException - The schema classes are incompatible with this class library.

newPopulation

protected abstract PopulationBase newPopulation(Model mod,
                           Object id)

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the schema

findEntityDomain

public StaticEntityDomain findEntityDomain(String name)
                                    throws DomainNotFoundException,
                                           SchemaStructureException

Gets the EntityDomain within the schema.

Parameters:

name - The name of the entity to find.

Returns:

The requested EntityDomain

Throws:

DomainNotFoundException - The requested domain could not be found

SchemaStructureException - Malformed schema classes.