org.jboss.metadata.spi.repository
Interface MetaDataRepository

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableMetaDataRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMetaDataRepository, BasicMetaDataRepository

public interface MetaDataRepository

MetaDataRepository.

Version:

$Revision: 46146 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

Set<ScopeKey>	getChildren(ScopeKey key) Get the children of this scope
MetaData	getMetaData(ScopeKey key) Get the meta data for a scope key
MetaDataRetrieval	getMetaDataRetrieval(ScopeKey key) Get the meta data retrieval for a scope key
Set<ScopeKey>	matchScopes(MetaDataRepositoryVisitor visitor) Visit each node

Method Detail

getMetaData

MetaData getMetaData(ScopeKey key)

Get the meta data for a scope key

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the meta data

getMetaDataRetrieval

MetaDataRetrieval getMetaDataRetrieval(ScopeKey key)

Get the meta data retrieval for a scope key

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the meta data

getChildren

Set<ScopeKey> getChildren(ScopeKey key)

Get the children of this scope

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the children

matchScopes

Set<ScopeKey> matchScopes(MetaDataRepositoryVisitor visitor)

Visit each node

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor

Returns:

the matching scopes