de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.legacy

Class CidsClassFactory

java.lang.Object

de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.legacy.CidsClassFactory

public class CidsClassFactory
extends Object

A factory class for converting between legacy cids types and REST/JSON types. TODO: Integrate into cids-server-rest-types project!

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Author:

Pascal Dihé

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Policy	createPolicy(String policyName) Helper method for creating Policies.
static CidsClassFactory	getFactory() DOCUMENT ME!
MetaClass	legacyCidsClassFromRestCidsClass(de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.CidsClass cidsClass) Transforms a cids rest API class into a cids legacy meta class object (Sirius) object.
de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.CidsClass	restCidsClassFromLegacyCidsClass(MetaClass metaClass) Transforms a cids legacy meta class object (Sirius) into a cids rest API class object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getFactory

public static final CidsClassFactory getFactory()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

legacyCidsClassFromRestCidsClass

public MetaClass legacyCidsClassFromRestCidsClass(de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.CidsClass cidsClass)
                                           throws Exception

Transforms a cids rest API class into a cids legacy meta class object (Sirius) object.

Parameters:

cidsClass - the cids class to be converted

Returns:

the reconstructed metaClass

Throws:

Exception - java.lang.Exception if any error occurs

NoSuchFieldException - DOCUMENT ME!

ClassCastException - DOCUMENT ME!

createPolicy

public Policy createPolicy(String policyName)

Helper method for creating Policies.

Parameters:

policyName - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

restCidsClassFromLegacyCidsClass

public de.cismet.cidsx.server.api.types.CidsClass restCidsClassFromLegacyCidsClass(MetaClass metaClass)

Transforms a cids legacy meta class object (Sirius) into a cids rest API class object. Code copied from de.cismet.cids.server.backend.legacy.LegacyCoreBackend.createCidsClass() (cids-server-rest-legacy project)

Parameters:

metaClass - the sirius meta class to be converted

Returns:

the converted cids rest API class object