ch.agent.crnickl.mongodb

Class ReadMethodsForProperty

java.lang.Object

ch.agent.crnickl.impl.DatabaseMethodsImpl

ch.agent.crnickl.mongodb.MongoDatabaseMethods

ch.agent.crnickl.mongodb.ReadMethodsForProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

ch.agent.crnickl.impl.DatabaseMethods, ch.agent.crnickl.impl.PermissionChecker

Direct Known Subclasses:

WriteMethodsForProperty

public class ReadMethodsForProperty
extends MongoDatabaseMethods

A stateless object with methods providing read access to properties.

Author:

Jean-Paul Vetterli

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ch.agent.crnickl.mongodb.MongoDatabaseMethods

MongoDatabaseMethods.Operator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReadMethodsForProperty()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<?>>	getProperties(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Database database, String pattern) Find a collection of properties with names matching a pattern.
<T> ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<T>	getProperty(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Database database, String name) Find a property by its name in a database.
<T> ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<T>	getProperty(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Surrogate s) Find a property corresponding to a surrogate.

Methods inherited from class ch.agent.crnickl.mongodb.MongoDatabaseMethods

addOperation, asQuery, compositeName, extractRegexp, getId, getId, getIdOrZero, getMongoDB, getMongoDB, getMongoDB, getObject, getObjectId, makeSurrogate, mongoObject, operation

Methods inherited from class ch.agent.crnickl.impl.DatabaseMethodsImpl

check, check, check, check, checkIntegrity, makeSurrogate, makeSurrogate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReadMethodsForProperty

public ReadMethodsForProperty()

Method Detail

getProperty

public <T> ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<T> getProperty(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Database database,
                                               String name)
                                             throws ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException

Find a property by its name in a database.

Parameters:

database - a database

name - a string

Returns:

a property or null

Throws:

ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException

getProperties

public Collection<ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<?>> getProperties(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Database database,
                                                         String pattern)
                                                           throws ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException

Find a collection of properties with names matching a pattern. If the pattern is enclosed in slashes it is taken as a standard regexp pattern; the slashes will be removed. If it is not enclosed in slashes, it is taken as a minimal pattern and all occurrences of "*" will be replaced with ".*" (zero or more arbitrary characters).

Parameters:

database - a database

pattern - a simple pattern or a regexp pattern

Returns:

a collection of properties, possibly empty, never null

Throws:

ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException

getProperty

public <T> ch.agent.crnickl.api.Property<T> getProperty(ch.agent.crnickl.api.Surrogate s)
                                             throws ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException

Find a property corresponding to a surrogate.

Parameters:

s - a surrogate

Returns:

a property or null

Throws:

ch.agent.crnickl.T2DBException