org.xmlactions.db.metadata

Class MetaDataToXml

java.lang.Object

org.xmlactions.db.metadata.MetaDataToXml

public class MetaDataToXml
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	FORCE_LOWER_CASE
static java.lang.String	FORCE_UPPER_CASE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaDataToXml()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	caseDirective(java.lang.String caseDirective, java.lang.String label) Convert the label to a case if the caseDirective parameter is set to FORCE_UPPER_CASE or FORCE_LOWER_CASE.
XMLObject	convertToXml(DatabaseEntry databaseEntry, java.lang.String outputCaseDirective)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FORCE_LOWER_CASE

public static final java.lang.String FORCE_LOWER_CASE

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Constant Field Values

FORCE_UPPER_CASE

public static final java.lang.String FORCE_UPPER_CASE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MetaDataToXml

public MetaDataToXml()

Method Detail

convertToXml

public XMLObject convertToXml(DatabaseEntry databaseEntry,
                              java.lang.String outputCaseDirective)

Parameters:

databaseEntry - - The bean representation of the database metadata

outputCaseDirective - - if not null can force labels to be upper case or lower case. @See FORCE_UPPER_CASE and FORCE_LOWER_CASE

Returns:

an XMLObject containing the definition of the meta data for use with the axel-db framework

caseDirective

public static java.lang.String caseDirective(java.lang.String caseDirective,
                                             java.lang.String label)

Convert the label to a case if the caseDirective parameter is set to FORCE_UPPER_CASE or FORCE_LOWER_CASE. If the caseDirective parameter is null or does not match the upper or lower case pattern than the label is returned untouched.

Parameters:

caseDirective - - can be null or FORCE_UPPER_CASE or FORCE_LOWER_CASE

label - - the string to convert to uppercase or lowercase.

Returns:

the case converted label.