edu.UCL.xmiddle.framework.appRegistry
Class ApplicationProfile

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.UCL.xmiddle.framework.appRegistry.ApplicationProfile

Direct Known Subclasses:

AppProfile

public abstract class ApplicationProfile

extends java.lang.Object

ApplicationProfile.java The xmiddle application profile binds together an application along with its access and reconciliation policies, its Document/Tree, its dtd and its XML Schema related to data tree. Created: Thu Jul 19 14:06:18 2001

Field Summary

protected XApp	app
protected Tree	data The application's data Tree
protected org.w3c.dom.Document	dataSchema The XML Schema related to the application's data Tree
protected java.lang.Integer	id The application's ID

Constructor Summary

ApplicationProfile()

Method Summary

abstract Tree	createDocument() Creates a new XML document for the application based on the dtd defined, and returns it as a Tree
XApp	getApp()
Tree	getData() Returns the application's tree
org.w3c.dom.Document	getDataSchema() Returns the XML Schema related to XML data document
java.lang.Integer	getID() Returns the application ID of the application which owns this profile
abstract Tree	setData(org.w3c.dom.Document document) Allows an application to bind an XML document to a Tree and use it as its data element
void	setDataSchema(org.w3c.dom.Document document) Allows an application to bind an XML Schema to XML document that contains its data

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

id

protected java.lang.Integer id

The application's ID

data

protected Tree data

The application's data Tree

dataSchema

protected org.w3c.dom.Document dataSchema

The XML Schema related to the application's data Tree

app

protected XApp app

Constructor Detail

ApplicationProfile

public ApplicationProfile()

Method Detail

getID

public java.lang.Integer getID()

Returns the application ID of the application which owns this profile

Returns:

the application id

createDocument

public abstract Tree createDocument()

Creates a new XML document for the application based on the dtd defined, and returns it as a Tree

Returns:

the Tree representing the new document

setData

public abstract Tree setData(org.w3c.dom.Document document)

Allows an application to bind an XML document to a Tree and use it as its data element

Parameters:

document - The XML Document that the application wishes to bind.

Returns:

the Tree representing the given Document

getData

public Tree getData()

Returns the application's tree

Returns:

The application's Tree

setDataSchema

public void setDataSchema(org.w3c.dom.Document document)

Allows an application to bind an XML Schema to XML document that contains its data

Returns:

void

getDataSchema

public org.w3c.dom.Document getDataSchema()

Returns the XML Schema related to XML data document

Returns:

The XML Schema Document related to the XML document that contains data

getApp

public XApp getApp()