org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.internal.application
Interface ISMLResourceInstance

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.resource.ISMLDocument, org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.resource.ISMLInstanceDocument, ISMLResourceBase, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SMLFileResourceInstance

public interface ISMLResourceInstance
extends org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.resource.ISMLInstanceDocument, ISMLResourceBase, java.io.Serializable

Represents a resource, which can contain zero or more facets

Method Summary

ISMLResourceInstance	resolveReference() If this object happens to represent a reference to a resource (i.e. isReference() returns true), then this method will have it resolved to the actual resource.
ISMLResourceFacet[]	retrieveFacets() Retrieves and returns the set of root level facets that are included as part of this resource

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.resource.ISMLInstanceDocument

retrieveDefinition, retrieveReferences

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.resource.ISMLDocument

getMetadata, retrieveDocumentFragment

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.internal.application.ISMLResourceBase

isReference, retrieveDescription, retrieveDisplayName, retrieveName

Method Detail

resolveReference

ISMLResourceInstance resolveReference()
                                      throws org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.exception.RepositoryOperationException

If this object happens to represent a reference to a resource (i.e. isReference() returns true), then this method will have it resolved to the actual resource. If isReference() happens to return false, then the return value of this method is this object.

Returns:

An object representing the resolved resource that this reference points to

Throws:

org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.exception.RepositoryOperationException

retrieveFacets

ISMLResourceFacet[] retrieveFacets()
                                   throws org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.exception.RepositoryOperationException

Retrieves and returns the set of root level facets that are included as part of this resource

Returns:

Root level facets of this resource

Throws:

org.eclipse.cosmos.rm.repository.provisional.exception.RepositoryOperationException