org.andromda.metafacades.uml
Class EntityMetafacadeUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.andromda.metafacades.uml.EntityMetafacadeUtils

public class EntityMetafacadeUtils

extends Object

Utilities for dealing with entity metafacades

Author:

Chad Brandon

Constructor Summary

EntityMetafacadeUtils()

Method Summary

static String	constructSqlTypeName(String typeName, String columnLength) Constructs a sql type name from the given mappedName and columnLength.
static String	ensureMaximumNameLength(String name, Short nameMaxLength) Trims the passed in value to the maximum name length.
static Collection	getIdentifiers(Entity entity, boolean follow) Gets all identifiers for an entity.
static String	getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(ModelElementFacade element, String name, Short nameMaxLength, Object separator) Gets the SQL name.
static String	getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(ModelElementFacade element, String name, Short nameMaxLength, String suffix, Object separator) Gets the SQL name.
static String	getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(String prefix, ModelElementFacade element, String name, Short nameMaxLength, Object separator) Gets the SQL name.
static String	getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(String prefix, ModelElementFacade element, String name, Short nameMaxLength, String suffix, Object separator) Gets the SQL name.
static String	toSqlName(String modelElementName, Object separator) Converts a string following the Java naming conventions to a database attribute name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityMetafacadeUtils

public EntityMetafacadeUtils()

Method Detail

toSqlName

public static String toSqlName(String modelElementName,
                               Object separator)

Converts a string following the Java naming conventions to a database attribute name. For example convert customerName to CUSTOMER_NAME.

Parameters:

modelElementName - the string to convert

separator - character used to separate words

Returns:

string converted to database attribute format

getSqlNameFromTaggedValue

public static String getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(String prefix,
                                               ModelElementFacade element,
                                               String name,
                                               Short nameMaxLength,
                                               Object separator)

Gets the SQL name. (i.e. column name, table name, etc.). If it can't find the corresponding tagged value with the specified name, then it uses the element name by default and just returns that.

Parameters:

prefix - the optional prefix to add to the sql name (i.e. table name prefix, etc.).

element - from which to retrieve the SQL name.

name - the name of the tagged value.

nameMaxLength - if this is not null, then the name returned will be trimmed to this length (if it happens to be longer).

separator - character used to separate words

Returns:

the SQL name as a String.

getSqlNameFromTaggedValue

public static String getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(ModelElementFacade element,
                                               String name,
                                               Short nameMaxLength,
                                               String suffix,
                                               Object separator)

Gets the SQL name. (i.e. column name, table name, etc.). If it can't find the corresponding tagged value with the specified name, then it uses the element name by default and just returns that.

Parameters:

element - from which to retrieve the SQL name.

name - the name of the tagged value.

nameMaxLength - if this is not null, then the name returned will be trimmed to this length (if it happens to be longer).

suffix - the optional suffix to add to the sql name (i.e. foreign key suffix, etc.)

separator - character used to separate words

Returns:

the SQL name as a String.

getSqlNameFromTaggedValue

public static String getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(ModelElementFacade element,
                                               String name,
                                               Short nameMaxLength,
                                               Object separator)

Gets the SQL name. (i.e. column name, table name, etc.). If it can't find the corresponding tagged value with the specified name, then it uses the element name by default and just returns that.

Parameters:

element - from which to retrieve the SQL name.

name - the name of the tagged value.

nameMaxLength - if this is not null, then the name returned will be trimmed to this length (if it happens to be longer).

separator - character used to separate words

Returns:

the SQL name as a String.

getSqlNameFromTaggedValue

public static String getSqlNameFromTaggedValue(String prefix,
                                               ModelElementFacade element,
                                               String name,
                                               Short nameMaxLength,
                                               String suffix,
                                               Object separator)

Gets the SQL name. (i.e. column name, table name, etc.). If it can't find the corresponding tagged value with the specified name, then it uses the element name by default and just returns that.

Parameters:

prefix - the optional prefix to add to the sql name (i.e. table name prefix, etc.).

element - from which to retrieve the SQL name.

name - the name of the tagged value.

nameMaxLength - if this is not null, then the name returned will be trimmed to this length (if it happens to be longer).

suffix - the optional suffix to add to the sql name (i.e. foreign key suffix, etc.)

separator - character used to separate words

Returns:

the SQL name as a String.

ensureMaximumNameLength

public static String ensureMaximumNameLength(String name,
                                             Short nameMaxLength)

Trims the passed in value to the maximum name length.

If no maximum length has been set then this method does nothing.

Parameters:

name - the name length to check and trim if necessary

nameMaxLength - if this is not null, then the name returned will be trimmed to this length (if it happens to be longer).

Returns:

String the string to be used as SQL type

getIdentifiers

public static Collection getIdentifiers(Entity entity,
                                        boolean follow)

Gets all identifiers for an entity. If 'follow' is true, and if no identifiers can be found on the entity, a search up the inheritance chain will be performed, and the identifiers from the first super class having them will be used. If no identifiers exist, a default identifier will be created if the allowDefaultIdentifiers property is set to true.

Parameters:

entity - the entity for which to retrieve the identifiers

follow - a flag indicating whether or not the inheritance hiearchy should be followed

Returns:

the collection of identifiers.

constructSqlTypeName

public static String constructSqlTypeName(String typeName,
                                          String columnLength)

Constructs a sql type name from the given mappedName and columnLength.

Parameters:

typeName - the actual type name (usually retrieved from a mappings file, ie NUMBER(19).

columnLength - the length of the column.

Returns:

the new name co