uk.ac.starlink.ttools.taplint

Interface MetadataHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

TableMetadataStage, TablesEndpointStage, TapSchemaMetadataHolder, TapSchemaStage

public interface MetadataHolder

Provides table metadata.

Since:

24 Jun 2011

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SchemaMeta[]	getTableMetadata() Returns the table metadata which will be used to frame example ADQL queries.
boolean	hasDetail() Indicates whether the TableMeta objects in the metadata tree contained by this object are expected to contain column and foreign key metadata.

Method Detail

getTableMetadata

SchemaMeta[] getTableMetadata()

Returns the table metadata which will be used to frame example ADQL queries. The returned objects should be fully populated (table and column lists in place, rather than needing further read operations).

Returns:

tableset schema metadata array

hasDetail

boolean hasDetail()

Indicates whether the TableMeta objects in the metadata tree contained by this object are expected to contain column and foreign key metadata.

Returns:

true if TableMetas are populated with ColumnMeta and ForeignMeta arrays where appropriate; false if those have been omitted