uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.evolution
Interface EvolutionInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataEvolution, DataSourceSchemaEvolution, DerivedSchemaEvolution, SchemaEvolution

public interface EvolutionInterface

Author:

Lucas Zamboulis

Method Summary

Schema[]	getDataSourceSchemas()
Schema	getDerivedSchema()
Transformation[]	getEvolutionPathway()
int	getEvolutionType()
int	getEvolvedSchemaType()
Transformation[][]	getPathwaysToUnionSchemas()
Transformation[]	getPathwayToDerivedSchema()

Method Detail

getDerivedSchema

Schema getDerivedSchema()

Returns:

the schema that has the role of the derived schema in the evolution setting

getDataSourceSchemas

Schema[] getDataSourceSchemas()

Returns:

the schemas that have the role of the data source schemas in the evolution setting

getEvolutionType

int getEvolutionType()

Returns:

one of SchemaEvolution.EVOLUTION_TYPE_SCHEMA_ONLY,SchemaEvolution.EVOLUTION_TYPE_SCHEMA_AND_DATA

getEvolvedSchemaType

int getEvolvedSchemaType()

Returns:

one of SchemaEvolution.EVOLVED_SCHEMA_TYPE_DERIVED,SchemaEvolution.EVOLVED_SCHEMA_TYPE_DATASOURCE

getPathwaysToUnionSchemas

Transformation[][] getPathwaysToUnionSchemas()

Returns:

the pathways from the data source schemas to the union schemas

getPathwayToDerivedSchema

Transformation[] getPathwayToDerivedSchema()

Returns:

the transformations in the pathway from one of the union schemas to the derived schema

getEvolutionPathway

Transformation[] getEvolutionPathway()

Returns:

the evolution pathway (of the data source schema or of the derived schema)