com.ibm.portal
Interface MetaDataLocator<V,E>

All Superinterfaces:

Locator<E>

All Known Subinterfaces:

TransitionEndpointLocator<E>, TransitionLocator<E>

public interface MetaDataLocator<V,E>
extends Locator<E>

Interface to locate a resource by meta data information.

Since:

8.0.0.1

Method Summary

IterableListModel<E>	findByMetaData(java.lang.String name, V value) Finds all resources which have the given name/value pair as meta data.
E	findSingleByMetaData(java.lang.String name, V value) Finds one of the resources that is returned in the iteration over findByMetaData(String, Object).

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.Locator

findByID, findByUniqueName

Method Detail

findByMetaData

IterableListModel<E> findByMetaData(java.lang.String name,
                                    V value)
                                    throws ModelException

Finds all resources which have the given name/value pair as meta data.

Parameters:

name - the meta data name

value - the meta data value

Returns:

a list with all resource matching the criteria, never null

Throws:

ModelException

findSingleByMetaData

E findSingleByMetaData(java.lang.String name,
                       V value)
                       throws ModelException

Finds one of the resources that is returned in the iteration over findByMetaData(String, Object). If findByMetaData(String, Object) would contain more than one resource it is undefined which of these resources would be returned.

Parameters:

name - the meta data name

value - the meta data value

Returns:

a list with one of the resources matching the criteria, never null

Throws:

ModelException