com.webmethods.caf.portalclient.meta
Class PCMetaHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.webmethods.caf.portalclient.meta.PCMetaHelper

public class PCMetaHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

PCMetaHelper()

Method Summary

static Map	convertViewPropertiesToMap(View view) Convert a View into a map of name/value pairs of the properties contained within that view.
static void	delete(URI uri) Delete a MWS resource, given it's MWS thing URI
static View	getView(URI uri) Get a View of a MWS thing, given it's URI
static ListView	listChildren(URI uri) Retrieve a list of child resources within a MWS container

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PCMetaHelper

public PCMetaHelper()

Method Detail

getView

public static View getView(URI uri)
                    throws Exception

Get a View of a MWS thing, given it's URI

Parameters:

uri - the MWS thing URI

Returns:

a View that exposes properties of the MWS thing

Throws:

Exception

delete

public static void delete(URI uri)
                   throws Exception

Delete a MWS resource, given it's MWS thing URI

Parameters:

uri - the MWS thing URI

Throws:

Exception

listChildren

public static ListView listChildren(URI uri)
                             throws Exception

Retrieve a list of child resources within a MWS container

Parameters:

uri - the MWS thing URI of the container

Returns:

a ListView of Views for each child resource within the container

Throws:

Exception

convertViewPropertiesToMap

public static Map convertViewPropertiesToMap(View view)

Convert a View into a map of name/value pairs of the properties contained within that view.

Parameters:

view - the View to retrieve properties from

Returns:

a Map of key/value pairs representing the properties of the View target