systems.dmx.core

Interface CompDef

All Superinterfaces:

Assoc, DMXObject, Identifiable, JSONEnabled

public interface CompDef
extends Assoc

A composition definition of a parent type and a child type -- part of DMX's type system.

The parent type is either a TopicType or an AssocType. The child type is always a TopicType.

Author:

Jörg Richter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getChildCardinalityUri()
String	getChildTypeUri()
String	getCompDefUri()
String	getCustomAssocTypeUri()
String	getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri()
CompDefModel	getModel()
String	getParentTypeUri()
ViewConfig	getViewConfig()
void	setChildCardinalityUri(String childCardinalityUri)
void	update(CompDefModel model)

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.Assoc

getDMXObject1, getDMXObject2, getDMXObjectByRole, getDMXObjectByType, getOtherPlayerId, getPlayer1, getPlayer2, getPlayerByRole, hasSameRoleTypeUris, matches, playerCount

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.DMXObject

checkWriteAccess, delete, getAssoc, getAssocs, getChildTopics, getDatabaseVendorObject, getId, getProperty, getRelatedAssoc, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedTopic, getRelatedTopics, getRelatedTopics, getSimpleValue, getType, getTypeUri, getUri, hasProperty, loadChildTopics, loadChildTopics, removeProperty, setProperty, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setTypeUri, setUri, update, update, updateChildTopics

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.JSONEnabled

dump, toJSON

Method Detail

getCompDefUri

String getCompDefUri()

getParentTypeUri

String getParentTypeUri()

getChildTypeUri

String getChildTypeUri()

getCustomAssocTypeUri

String getCustomAssocTypeUri()

Returns:

The custom association type, or null if not set.

getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri

String getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri()

Returns:

The type to be used to create an association instance based on this comp def. That is the custom association type if set, otherwise dmx.core.composition. Is never null.

getChildCardinalityUri

String getChildCardinalityUri()

setChildCardinalityUri

void setChildCardinalityUri(String childCardinalityUri)

getViewConfig

ViewConfig getViewConfig()

update

void update(CompDefModel model)

getModel

CompDefModel getModel()

Specified by:

getModel in interface Assoc

Specified by:

getModel in interface DMXObject