org.oreodata.metadata
Class DataSourceMetadata

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Dictionary
        |
        +--java.util.Hashtable
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              +--java.util.Properties
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                    +--org.oreodata.metadata.DataSourceMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

public class DataSourceMetadata

extends java.util.Properties

An object that provides metadata about how to instantiate an OreoDataSource object -- it bridges the W3C DOM with our DataSource descriptions in XML format.

Author:

Jonathan Revusky

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.Properties

defaults

Constructor Summary

DataSourceMetadata()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Checks for equality with another object.
OreoDataSource	getInstance()
java.lang.String	getName()
void	init(org.w3c.dom.Element elem, java.lang.ClassLoader cloader)
boolean	isRemote()
boolean	preloads()
java.lang.String	toString() outputs the key:value pairs that make up this metadata object.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataSourceMetadata

public DataSourceMetadata()

Method Detail

init

public void init(org.w3c.dom.Element elem,
                 java.lang.ClassLoader cloader)
          throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

getInstance

public OreoDataSource getInstance()
                           throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

preloads

public boolean preloads()

isRemote

public boolean isRemote()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Checks for equality with another object.

Specified by:

equals in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

equals in class java.util.Hashtable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

outputs the key:value pairs that make up this metadata object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.util.Hashtable