Class DirObject

Class DirObject 

java.lang.Object
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   +----PersistentObject
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           +----DirObject
public class DirObject
extends PersistentObject
DirObject Class This is a class which represents a node of the directory structure of a remote data server

Variable Index

o contentsInfo
Vector that contains the contents' info
o numField
o numObjField
o objectClassName

Constructor Index

o DirObject()
The DirObject construction should be followed by a Load so that the object field(s) will be set
o DirObject(String)
Constructor for DirObject

Method Index

o delete()
Delete Removes all references of the PersistentObject in the system (The object is not explicitly deleted (i.e.
o deleteCommit()
Committing a Delete, so that the information gets transferred back to the data server.
o getName()
Returns the name of the directory (object)
o getObjFields()
Determines how the fields of the objects should be filled after a (network) load To be declared by object developer
o getRoot()
o load(String)
Loads the object from a network (persistent object storage) database backend(and sets it's fields)
o setObjFields()
Sets up the Vector that that contain the "essential" fields of the object

Variables

o objectClassName 
  public final static String objectClassName
o numField 
  public final static int numField
o numObjField 
  public final static int numObjField
o contentsInfo 
  public Vector contentsInfo
Vector that contains the contents' info

Constructors

o DirObject 
  public DirObject(String name)
Constructor for DirObject
o DirObject 
  public DirObject()
The DirObject construction should be followed by a Load so that the object field(s) will be set

Methods

o getName 
  public String getName()
Returns the name of the directory (object)
o delete 
  public void delete()
Delete Removes all references of the PersistentObject in the system (The object is not explicitly deleted (i.e. space freed))
o deleteCommit 
  public void deleteCommit()
Committing a Delete, so that the information gets transferred back to the data server. Both local and persistent data is updated
o getRoot 
  public int getRoot()
o setObjFields 
  protected void setObjFields()
Sets up the Vector that that contain the "essential" fields of the object
Overrides:
setObjFields in class PersistentObject
o load 
  public boolean load(String strId)
Loads the object from a network (persistent object storage) database backend(and sets it's fields)
Overrides:
load in class PersistentObject
o getObjFields 
  protected void getObjFields()
Determines how the fields of the objects should be filled after a (network) load To be declared by object developer
Overrides:
getObjFields in class PersistentObject