org.entityfs.cap.metadata.util
Class ECMetadataUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.entityfs.cap.metadata.util.ECMetadataUtil

public final class ECMetadataUtil
extends Object

This utility class contains static methods for working with entities that support the ECMetadata capability.

The methods in this class will use the locking strategy for utility classes described in EntityLock.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Karl Gustafsson

See Also:

ECNamedMetadataUtil

In_jar:

entityfs-metadata

Method Summary

static ECMetadata	getCapability(EntityView ev) Get the ECMetadata capability for an entity.
static boolean	supportsMetadata(EntityView ev) Check if the entity supports the ECMetadata capability.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getCapability

public static ECMetadata getCapability(EntityView ev)
                                throws UnsupportedCapabilityException

Get the ECMetadata capability for an entity.

Parameters:

ev - The entity to get the capability for.

Returns:

The capability.

Throws:

UnsupportedCapabilityException - If the entity does not support the capability.

supportsMetadata

public static boolean supportsMetadata(EntityView ev)

Check if the entity supports the ECMetadata capability.

Parameters:

ev - The entity to investigate.

Returns:

true if the entity supports the capability, false otherwise.