org.eclipse.stardust.engine.core.spi.dms

Interface IRepositoryProviderInfo

All Superinterfaces:

IRepositoryCapabilities, Serializable

public interface IRepositoryProviderInfo
extends IRepositoryCapabilities

Provides information about a IRepositoryProvider.

A repository provider supplies a configurationTemplate to expose which information is needed to bind a new repository instance.

Author:

Roland.Stamm

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IRepositoryConfiguration	getConfigurationTemplate() To simplify configuration using a UI the repository configuration returned here should contain keys that are needed by the provider.
String	getProviderId()
String	getProviderName()

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.stardust.engine.core.spi.dms.IRepositoryCapabilities

isAccessControlPolicySupported, isFullTextSearchSupported, isMetaDataSearchSupported, isMetaDataWriteSupported, isTransactionSupported, isVersioningSupported, isWriteSupported

Method Detail

getProviderId

String getProviderId()

Returns:

The Id that identifies a IRepositoryProvider.

getProviderName

String getProviderName()

Returns:

A human readable name for the provider.

getConfigurationTemplate

IRepositoryConfiguration getConfigurationTemplate()

To simplify configuration using a UI the repository configuration returned here should contain keys that are needed by the provider.
Also values can be provided as templates to make configuration more intuitive.

Example:

    key   : jndiName
    value : java:/jcr/repository

    key   : serverURL
    value : https://host:port/context/repository
 

Returns:

A configuration template.