org.eclipse.stardust.engine.api.model

Interface DataPath

All Superinterfaces:

ModelElement, Serializable

public interface DataPath
extends ModelElement

The DataPath class provides read and write access to the workflow data.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

ubirkemeyer

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAccessPath()
String	getData()
org.eclipse.stardust.common.Direction	getDirection() Gets the direction of the data path.
Class	getMappedType() Gets the type of the bridge object.
boolean	isDescriptor() Gets whether this data path is used as a descriptor or not.
boolean	isKeyDescriptor()

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.stardust.engine.api.model.ModelElement

getAllAttributes, getAttribute, getDescription, getElementOID, getId, getModelOID, getName, getNamespace, getPartitionId, getPartitionOID, getQualifiedId

Method Detail

getDirection

org.eclipse.stardust.common.Direction getDirection()

Gets the direction of the data path.

Returns:

the direction of the data path.

getMappedType

Class getMappedType()

Gets the type of the bridge object.

Returns:

the corresponding java class of the data path value.

isDescriptor

boolean isDescriptor()

Gets whether this data path is used as a descriptor or not.

The values of data paths marked as descriptors will be automatically attached to the activity instances.

Returns:

true if this data path is a descriptor.

See Also:

IDescriptorProvider.getDescriptorValue(java.lang.String)

isKeyDescriptor

boolean isKeyDescriptor()

getAccessPath

String getAccessPath()

getData

String getData()