saffron
Interface Schema

All Known Subinterfaces:

JdbcSchema

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassSchema, ObjectSchema, ReflectSchema

public interface Schema

A Schema is a set of Tables.

Method Summary

Table	getTableForMember(String name) Retrieves a Table based upon a member access.
Table	getTableForMethodCall(MethodCall call) Retrieves a Table based upon a method call (for example, salesSchema.empsInDept("SALES")).
TypeFactory	getTypeFactory() Returns the type factory used to generate types for this schema.
void	registerRules(Planner planner) Registers all of the rules supported by this schema.

Method Detail

getTypeFactory

public TypeFactory getTypeFactory()

Returns the type factory used to generate types for this schema.

getTableForMember

public Table getTableForMember(String name)

Retrieves a Table based upon a member access.

For example, the Saffron expression salesSchema.emps would be resolved using a call to salesSchema.getTableForMember(typeFactory, "emps").

getTableForMethodCall

public Table getTableForMethodCall(MethodCall call)

Retrieves a Table based upon a method call (for example, salesSchema.empsInDept("SALES")).

registerRules

public void registerRules(Planner planner)
                   throws Exception

Registers all of the rules supported by this schema. Only called by Planner.registerSchema(saffron.Schema).

Exception