org.kuali.rice.krad.data.metadata
Interface MetadataRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetadataRepositoryImpl

public interface MetadataRepository

Public (read-only) interface to MetadataProvider stack. Implementations must be thread safe.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

boolean	contains(Class<?> type) Indicates whether or not the repository contains metadata for the given type.
Map<Class<?>,DataObjectMetadata>	getAllMetadata() Returns all metadata for all known data object types.
DataObjectMetadata	getMetadata(Class<?> type) Obtain metadata for specified data object type.

Method Detail

getMetadata

DataObjectMetadata getMetadata(Class<?> type)

Obtain metadata for specified data object type.

Parameters:

type - the data object type for which to return metadata

Returns:

DataObjectMetadata for the type or null if none is known

getAllMetadata

Map<Class<?>,DataObjectMetadata> getAllMetadata()

Returns all metadata for all known data object types.

Returns:

all metadata for all known data object types

contains

boolean contains(Class<?> type)

Indicates whether or not the repository contains metadata for the given type.

Parameters:

type - the type to check metadata for

Returns:

true if the repository contains metadata for the given type, false otherwise