org.kuali.rice.krad.data.metadata.impl
Interface MetadataCommonInternal

All Superinterfaces:

MetadataCommon, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataObjectAttributeInternal

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataObjectAttributeImpl, DataObjectCollectionImpl, DataObjectMetadataImpl, DataObjectRelationshipImpl, MetadataChildBase, MetadataCommonBase

public interface MetadataCommonInternal
extends MetadataCommon

Interface implemented by the classes within the provider, but that we don't want to expose to use outside of the krad-data module.

Author:

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

Method Summary

MetadataCommon	getEmbeddedCommonMetadata() If this data object instance is wrapping another (generated by a lower metadata provider), return that.
Object	getUniqueKeyForMerging() An object representing the object for purposes of merging.
void	setEmbeddedCommonMetadata(MetadataCommon embeddedCommonMetadata)

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.data.metadata.MetadataCommon

getBackingObjectName, getDescription, getLabel, getMergeAction, getName, getShortLabel, isReadOnly

Method Detail

getEmbeddedCommonMetadata

MetadataCommon getEmbeddedCommonMetadata()

If this data object instance is wrapping another (generated by a lower metadata provider), return that. Returns null if this instance is not wrapping another.

setEmbeddedCommonMetadata

void setEmbeddedCommonMetadata(MetadataCommon embeddedCommonMetadata)

getUniqueKeyForMerging

Object getUniqueKeyForMerging()

An object representing the object for purposes of merging. This should return an attribute name or a unique data type object. Whatever the class, it must have proper hashCode() and equals() semantics and not rely on object identity. This method must not return null;