Package org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api

Defines the core set of interfaces for IdAS.

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Description

Interface Summary

IAttribute	As defined at (TODO (Doc): add reference), This interface represents an attribute of an Entity.
IAuthNAttributesMaterials	Represents an authentication identity to be used when calling org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.IContext#open(Object) This type of identity is comprised of a set of attributes which make up the materials used in authentication.
IAuthNMaterials	Authentication Materials are used to open an IContext.
IContext	As defined at http://spwiki.editme.com/Context and http://spwiki.editme.com/ContextProvider, This interface holds a set of IEntity objects.
IContextFactory	As defined at http://spwiki.editme.com/ContextProvider#ContextFactory, This interface is implemented by IdAS context providers so that their IContext instances may be instantiated.
IContextId
IEntity	As defined at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Entity and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Context, This interface holds a set of IEntity objects.
IExtension	Represents an extended argument.
IFilter	A filter is either an assertion, or an operator plus a set of filters.
IFilterAssertion	Represents a filter assertion.
IFilterAttributeAssertion	Represents a filter assertion about a Entity's Attributes (IHasAttributes.getAttribute(URI) and IHasAttributes.getAttributes()).
IFilterEntityIDAssertion	Represents a filter assertion about a Entity's ID (see IEntity.getEntityID()).
IFilterEntityTypeAssertion	Represents a filter assertion about an Entity's Type (see org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api.IEntity#getEntityType()).
IHasAttributes
ISimpleValue
ISingleValuedAttribute
ITypedValue
IValue	Holds the value of a context.

Exception Summary

AuthenticationException	Thrown when an attempt to authenticate has failed.
BadFilterException
ContextNotOpenException	Thrown when methods requiring an open Context are called on a non-open Context.
ContextOpenException	Thrown when IContext.open() is called on an already open context.
EntityExistsException
IdASException	Root IdAS Exception class
InvalidEntityIDException	Thrown when a specified Type is invalid.
InvalidTypeException	Thrown when a specified Type is invalid.
MultipleValuesExistException	Thrown in cases where an attribute is expected to have a single value but doesn't.
NoSuchEntityException	Thrown when a specified Entity is not found in the Context.
NotImplementedException	Thrown when the method being called has not been implemented by the context provider.
NotSingleValuedAttributeException	Thrown in cases where an attribute's model specifies that the attribute may hold multiple values and the caller expects the attribute to be restricted to a single value (and thus castable to ISingleValuedAttribute.
UnhandledExtensionException
ValueAlreadyExistsException	Thrown in cases where a value is being added to an attribute and that value already exists.

Package org.eclipse.higgins.idas.api Description

Defines the core set of interfaces for IdAS.