MetadataCommonInternal (Rice KRAD data 2511.0003 API)

All Superinterfaces:: MetadataCommon, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:: DataObjectAttributeInternal

All Known Implementing Classes:: DataObjectAttributeImpl, DataObjectCollectionImpl, DataObjectMetadataImpl, DataObjectRelationshipImpl, MetadataChildBase, MetadataCommonBase

public interface MetadataCommonInternal extends MetadataCommon

Interface implemented by the classes within the provider, but that we don't want to expose to use outside of the krad-data module.

Author:: Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

MetadataCommon

getEmbeddedCommonMetadata()

If this data object instance is wrapping another (generated by a lower metadata provider), return that.

Object

getUniqueKeyForMerging()

An object representing the object for purposes of merging.

void

setEmbeddedCommonMetadata(MetadataCommon embeddedCommonMetadata)

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.data.metadata.MetadataCommon
getBackingObjectName, getDescription, getLabel, getMergeAction, getName, getShortLabel, isReadOnly

Method Details
- getEmbeddedCommonMetadata
  
  MetadataCommon getEmbeddedCommonMetadata()
  
  If this data object instance is wrapping another (generated by a lower metadata provider), return that. Returns null if this instance is not wrapping another.
- setEmbeddedCommonMetadata
  
  void setEmbeddedCommonMetadata(MetadataCommon embeddedCommonMetadata)
- getUniqueKeyForMerging
  
  Object getUniqueKeyForMerging()
  
  An object representing the object for purposes of merging. This should return an attribute name or a unique data type object. Whatever the class, it must have proper hashCode() and equals() semantics and not rely on object identity. This method must not return null;