com.amazon.carbonado.capability
Interface StorableInfoCapability

All Superinterfaces:

Capability

public interface StorableInfoCapability
extends Capability

Capability that returns information about known storable types in a repository.

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

Method Summary

String[]	getUserStorableTypeNames() Returns an array of storable type class names for user-level storables known to the repository.
boolean	isPropertySupported(Class<Storable> type, String name) Returns true if the given property exists and is supported.
boolean	isSupported(Class<Storable> type) Returns true if the given storable type is supported.

Method Detail

getUserStorableTypeNames

String[] getUserStorableTypeNames()
                                  throws RepositoryException

Returns an array of storable type class names for user-level storables known to the repository. The array might be empty, but it is never null. The array is a copy, and so it may be safely modified.

This method returns class names instead of class instances because the repository may not be able to load the classes.

Throws:

RepositoryException

isSupported

boolean isSupported(Class<Storable> type)

Returns true if the given storable type is supported.

Parameters:

type - storable type to examine

isPropertySupported

boolean isPropertySupported(Class<Storable> type,
                            String name)

Returns true if the given property exists and is supported.

Parameters:

type - storable type to examine

name - name of property to examine