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

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.reps.Pathway
      uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.reps.PathwayAbstraction

All Implemented Interfaces:

PersistentObject

public class PathwayAbstraction
extends Pathway

PathwayAbstraction.java A sub-class of #Pathway which encapsulates only an abstraction of the transformation pathway from one schema to another. This abstraction is published to the directory service for the purpose of routing pathways

Author:

Duc M Le dmle@doc.ic.ac.uk Created on 03 May 2006 Department of Computing, Imperial College

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.reps.Pathway

trans, transStatus

Constructor Summary

protected

PathwayAbstraction(java.lang.String startSchema, Schema[] schemaArray) Creates a new instance of PathwayAbstraction

Method Summary

static java.util.List	findAllPathways(Schema schema1, Schema schema2) Override parent's method to return a List of PathwayAbstraction objects instead
PersistentKey	getKey()
java.util.Map	getPersistentAttributes()

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.reps.Pathway

convertPathToTP, createPathway, findShortestPathway, findShortestPathway, get, getAssociatedModels, getLastExtSchema, getQualityMeasure, getSchemas, getTransformations, getWellformedErrorMsg, indexOf, isWellformed, size, toLaTeX, toString, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathwayAbstraction

protected PathwayAbstraction(java.lang.String startSchema,
                             Schema[] schemaArray)

Creates a new instance of PathwayAbstraction

Parameters:

startSchema - the starting schema of the transformation pathway

ds - the DataSource object representing the end schema

schemaArray - the array of Schema objects forming the transformation pathway

Method Detail

findAllPathways

public static java.util.List findAllPathways(Schema schema1,
                                             Schema schema2)
                                      throws IntegrityException,
                                             NotFoundException

Override parent's method to return a List of PathwayAbstraction objects instead

Throws:

IntegrityException

NotFoundException

getKey

public PersistentKey getKey()

Specified by:

getKey in interface PersistentObject

Overrides:

getKey in class Pathway

getPersistentAttributes

public java.util.Map getPersistentAttributes()

Specified by:

getPersistentAttributes in interface PersistentObject

Overrides:

getPersistentAttributes in class Pathway