io.konig.core.showl

Interface ShowlSourceNodeSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeSourceNodeSelector, DataLayerSourceNodeSelector, DataSourceTypeSourceNodeSelector, ExplicitDerivedFromSelector, RawCubeSourceNodeSelector, ShowlRootTargetClassSelector

public interface ShowlSourceNodeSelector

An entity that selects the set of source shapes for a given target shape.

Author:

Greg McFall

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<ShowlNodeShape>	selectCandidateSources(ShowlService factory, ShowlNodeShape targetShape) Compute the set of potential source node shapes that can be used to construct the mapping for a given target node shape.

Method Detail

selectCandidateSources

Set<ShowlNodeShape> selectCandidateSources(ShowlService factory,
                                           ShowlNodeShape targetShape)

Compute the set of potential source node shapes that can be used to construct the mapping for a given target node shape.

Parameters:

targetShape - The target NodeShape.

Returns:

The set of potential source node shapes, or null if there are no restrictions on the set of candidates.