Constructor Detail

• Metadata

  public Metadata()

Method Detail

• getDirectories

  public Iterable<Directory> getDirectories()

  Returns an objects for iterating over Directory objects in the order in which they were added.

  Returns:

  an iterable collection of directories

• getDirectoryCount

  public int getDirectoryCount()

  Returns a count of unique directories in this metadata collection.

  Returns:

  the number of unique directory types set for this metadata collection

• getOrCreateDirectory

  public <T extends Directory> T getOrCreateDirectory(Class<T> type)

  Returns a Directory of specified type. If this Metadata object already contains such a directory, it is returned. Otherwise a new instance of this directory will be created and stored within this Metadata object.

  Parameters:

  type - the type of the Directory implementation required.

  Returns:

  a directory of the specified type.

• getDirectory

  public <T extends Directory> T getDirectory(Class<T> type)

  If this Metadata object contains a Directory of the specified type, it is returned. Otherwise null is returned.

  Type Parameters:

  T - the Directory type

  Parameters:

  type - the Directory type

  Returns:

  a Directory of type T if it exists in this Metadata object, otherwise null.

• containsDirectory

  public boolean containsDirectory(Class<? extends Directory> type)

  Indicates whether a given directory type has been created in this metadata repository. Directories are created by calling getOrCreateDirectory(Class).

  Parameters:

  type - the Directory type

  Returns:

  true if the Directory has been created

• hasErrors

  public boolean hasErrors()

  Indicates whether any errors were reported during the reading of metadata values. This value will be true if Directory.hasErrors() is true for one of the contained Directory objects.

  Returns:

  whether one of the contained directories has an error

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object