net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils
Class MergeReference

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.entry.AbstractTopicMapReference
      net.ontopia.topicmaps.utils.MergeReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

TopicMapReferenceIF

public class MergeReference
extends AbstractTopicMapReference

INTERNAL: A topic map reference that uses a TopicMapRepositoryIF to retrieve a list of topic maps and create a new merged topic map from them.

Since:

2.1

Field Summary

protected java.util.List	refkeys
protected TopicMapRepositoryIF	repository
protected boolean	reuse_store
protected TopicMapStoreFactoryIF	sfactory
protected TopicMapStoreIF	store

Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.entry.AbstractTopicMapReference

deleted, id, isopen, listeners, source, title, topic_listeners

Constructor Summary

MergeReference(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String title, TopicMapStoreFactoryIF sfactory, TopicMapRepositoryIF repository, java.util.List refkeys)
INTERNAL: Creates a TopicMapReferenceIF which references the result of merging a number of topic maps

Method Summary

void	close() PUBLIC: Closes all open stores and the reference itself.
protected TopicMapStoreIF	createStore()
TopicMapStoreIF	createStore(boolean readonly) PUBLIC: Creates a topic map store that lets you access the referenced topic map.
void	open() PUBLIC: Opens the reference.

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.entry.AbstractTopicMapReference

addTopicListener, clear, delete, getId, getSource, getTitle, getTopicListeners, isDeleted, isOpen, makeListenerArray, registerTopicListeners, removeTopicListener, setId, setSource, setTitle, setTopicListeners, storeClosed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

store

protected TopicMapStoreIF store

sfactory

protected TopicMapStoreFactoryIF sfactory

repository

protected TopicMapRepositoryIF repository

refkeys

protected java.util.List refkeys

reuse_store

protected boolean reuse_store

Constructor Detail

MergeReference

public MergeReference(java.lang.String id,
                      java.lang.String title,
                      TopicMapStoreFactoryIF sfactory,
                      TopicMapRepositoryIF repository,
                      java.util.List refkeys)

INTERNAL: Creates a TopicMapReferenceIF which references the result of merging a number of topic maps

Parameters:

sfactory - the store factory to use for creating the resulting merged topic map.

repository - the topic map repository to look up the topic maps that are to be merged in.

refkeys - a list of topic map reference key strings which refers to the topic maps that are to be merged. should be used.

Method Detail

open

public void open()

Description copied from interface: TopicMapReferenceIF

PUBLIC: Opens the reference.

Specified by:

open in interface TopicMapReferenceIF

Overrides:

open in class AbstractTopicMapReference

createStore

public TopicMapStoreIF createStore(boolean readonly)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: TopicMapReferenceIF

PUBLIC: Creates a topic map store that lets you access the referenced topic map.

Specified by:

createStore in interface TopicMapReferenceIF

Specified by:

createStore in class AbstractTopicMapReference

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createStore

protected TopicMapStoreIF createStore()

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: TopicMapReferenceIF

PUBLIC: Closes all open stores and the reference itself. Note that topic map stores created through this reference are closed and dereferenced when the reference is closed. The reference can be reopened after it has been closed.

Specified by:

close in interface TopicMapReferenceIF

Overrides:

close in class AbstractTopicMapReference