Package org.apache.hop.resource

Interface IResourceExport

All Known Implementing Classes:

PipelineMeta, TransformMeta, WorkflowMeta

public interface IResourceExport

The classes implementing this interface allow their used resources to be exported.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	exportResources(IVariables variables, Map<String,ResourceDefinition> definitions, IResourceNaming namingInterface, IHopMetadataProvider metadataProvider)	Exports the object to a flat-file system, adding content with filename keys to a set of definitions.

Method Detail

exportResources

String exportResources(IVariables variables,
                       Map<String,ResourceDefinition> definitions,
                       IResourceNaming namingInterface,
                       IHopMetadataProvider metadataProvider)
                throws HopException

Exports the object to a flat-file system, adding content with filename keys to a set of definitions. The supplied resource naming interface allows the object to name appropriately without worrying about those parts of the implementation specific details.

Parameters:

variables - The variable variables to resolve (environment) variables with.

definitions - The map containing the filenames and content

namingInterface - The resource naming interface allows the object to name appropriately

metadataProvider - the central metadata to load non-hop specific metadata from

Returns:

The filename for this object. (also contained in the definitions map)

Throws:

HopException - in case something goes wrong during the export