org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.repository.stream

Class StreamContentLocation

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.repository.stream.StreamContentLocation

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentEntity, ContentLocation

public class StreamContentLocation
extends Object
implements ContentLocation

A content location that wraps around a single stream. The location will reject any attempts to create new entities or to access entities other than the single entity.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StreamContentLocation(StreamRepository repository) Creates a new stream-location.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContentItem	createItem(String name) Creates a new data item in the current location.
ContentLocation	createLocation(String name) This method always throws an exception, as stream-repositories cannot create sub-locations.
boolean	delete() Stream-repositories do not support the deletion of entries.
boolean	exists(String name) Checks, whether an content entity with the given name exists in this content location.
Object	getAttribute(String domain, String key) Stream-Repositories do not support attributes.
Object	getContentId() Returns a unique identifier.
ContentEntity	getEntry(String name) Returns the content entity with the given name.
String	getName() Returns the generic name of this location.
ContentLocation	getParent() Returns a reference to the parent location.
Repository	getRepository() Returns the current repository, to which tis entity belongs.
ContentEntity[]	listContents() Returns all content entities stored in this content-location.
boolean	setAttribute(String domain, String key, Object value) Stream-Repositories do not support attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StreamContentLocation

public StreamContentLocation(StreamRepository repository)

Creates a new stream-location. There can be only one location per stream-repository.

Parameters:

repository - the repository for which a location is created.

Method Detail

listContents

public ContentEntity[] listContents()
                             throws ContentIOException

Returns all content entities stored in this content-location. This returns a array that has at most one entry. If the repository is a write-only repository and no item has been created yet, the method returns an empty array.

Specified by:

listContents in interface ContentLocation

Returns:

the content entities for this location.

Throws:

ContentIOException - if an repository error occured.

getEntry

public ContentEntity getEntry(String name)
                       throws ContentIOException

Returns the content entity with the given name. If the entity does not exist, an Exception will be raised.

Specified by:

getEntry in interface ContentLocation

Parameters:

name - the name of the entity to be retrieved.

Returns:

the content entity for this name, never null.

Throws:

ContentIOException - if an repository error occured.

createItem

public ContentItem createItem(String name)
                       throws ContentCreationException

Creates a new data item in the current location. This method must never return null. This method will fail if an entity with the same name exists in this location.

Specified by:

createItem in interface ContentLocation

Parameters:

name - the name of the new entity.

Returns:

the newly created entity, never null.

Throws:

ContentCreationException - if the item could not be created.

createLocation

public ContentLocation createLocation(String name)
                               throws ContentCreationException

This method always throws an exception, as stream-repositories cannot create sub-locations.

Specified by:

createLocation in interface ContentLocation

Parameters:

name - the name.

Returns:

nothing.

Throws:

ContentCreationException - always, as stream-repositories cannot create sub-locations.

exists

public boolean exists(String name)

Checks, whether an content entity with the given name exists in this content location.

Specified by:

exists in interface ContentLocation

Parameters:

name - the name of the new entity.

Returns:

true, if an entity exists with this name, false otherwise.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the generic name of this location.

Specified by:

getName in interface ContentEntity

Returns:

the name.

getContentId

public Object getContentId()

Returns a unique identifier. This can be canonical filename or a database key. It must be guaranteed that within the same repository the key will be unique.

Specified by:

getContentId in interface ContentEntity

Returns:

the unique content ID.

getAttribute

public Object getAttribute(String domain,
                  String key)

Stream-Repositories do not support attributes.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface ContentEntity

Parameters:

domain - the attribute domain.

key - the name of the attribute.

Returns:

always null.

setAttribute

public boolean setAttribute(String domain,
                   String key,
                   Object value)

Stream-Repositories do not support attributes.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface ContentEntity

Parameters:

domain - the attribute domain.

key - the attribute name

value - the new attribute value.

Returns:

always false.

getParent

public ContentLocation getParent()

Returns a reference to the parent location. If this entity represents the root directory, this method will return null.

Specified by:

getParent in interface ContentEntity

Returns:

the parent or null, if this is the root-directory.

getRepository

public Repository getRepository()

Returns the current repository, to which tis entity belongs.

Specified by:

getRepository in interface ContentEntity

Returns:

the repository.

delete

public boolean delete()

Stream-repositories do not support the deletion of entries.

Specified by:

delete in interface ContentEntity

Returns:

always false.