uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.reps
Class TransformationPathway

java.lang.Object
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public class TransformationPathway

extends java.lang.Object

The TransformationPathway class

Author:

Michael Boyd (mboyd@doc.ic.ac.uk), Nerissa Tong (nnyt98@doc.ic.ac.uk)

See Also:

Path

Constructor Summary

TransformationPathway()

Method Summary

boolean	addTran(Transformation t)
void	checkIsWellformed()
static TransformationPathway	createFromTMLPathway(TMLPathway p)
static TransformationPathway	findShortestPath(Schema schema1, Schema schema2) Deprecated. use findShortestPathway(Schema, Schema)
static TransformationPathway	findShortestPath(java.lang.String schema1, java.lang.String schema2) Deprecated. use findShortestPathway(String, String)
static TransformationPathway	findShortestPathway(Schema schema1, Schema schema2) Find the shortest path containing the fewest number of steps between two schemas.
static TransformationPathway	findShortestPathway(java.lang.String schema1, java.lang.String schema2)
int	getNumberOfTrans()
Schema[]	getSchemas() Return as an array the Schemas that appear in the Transformations of this TransformationPathway.
Transformation[]	getTransformations() Return as an array the Transformations that make up this TransformationPathway.
boolean	isInRepository()
boolean	isWellformed()
java.lang.Object	optimise()
java.lang.String	toString()
void	write()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TransformationPathway

public TransformationPathway()

Method Detail

addTran

public boolean addTran(Transformation t)

findShortestPath

public static TransformationPathway findShortestPath(java.lang.String schema1,
                                                     java.lang.String schema2)
                                              throws IntegrityException,
                                                     NotFoundException

Deprecated. use findShortestPathway(String, String)

IntegrityException

NotFoundException

findShortestPath

public static TransformationPathway findShortestPath(Schema schema1,
                                                     Schema schema2)
                                              throws IntegrityException,
                                                     NotFoundException

Deprecated. use findShortestPathway(Schema, Schema)

IntegrityException

NotFoundException

findShortestPathway

public static TransformationPathway findShortestPathway(java.lang.String schema1,
                                                        java.lang.String schema2)
                                                 throws IntegrityException,
                                                        NotFoundException

IntegrityException

NotFoundException

findShortestPathway

public static TransformationPathway findShortestPathway(Schema schema1,
                                                        Schema schema2)
                                                 throws IntegrityException,
                                                        NotFoundException

Find the shortest path containing the fewest number of steps between two schemas. Note that this might not be the best path to use, since it might contain extend and contract transformations, where a longer path might not contain extend and contract transformations.

IntegrityException

NotFoundException

isWellformed

public boolean isWellformed()

checkIsWellformed

public void checkIsWellformed()
                       throws IntegrityException

IntegrityException

optimise

public java.lang.Object optimise()
                          throws IntegrityException,
                                 InconsistentException,
                                 NotFoundException

IntegrityException

InconsistentException

NotFoundException

createFromTMLPathway

public static TransformationPathway createFromTMLPathway(TMLPathway p)

getTransformations

public Transformation[] getTransformations()

Return as an array the Transformations that make up this TransformationPathway.

getSchemas

public Schema[] getSchemas()

Return as an array the Schemas that appear in the Transformations of this TransformationPathway.

getNumberOfTrans

public int getNumberOfTrans()
                     throws IntegrityException

IntegrityException

isInRepository

public boolean isInRepository()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

write

public void write()