org.gcube.opensearch.opensearchlibrary.query
Interface URLTemplate

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicURLTemplate

public interface URLTemplate

Interface of the URL template class that is used to construct parse OpenSearch query templates and expose their parameters

Author:

gerasimos.farantatos

Method Summary

List<String>	getOptionalParameters() Returns a list containing the qualified names of all optional parameters contained in the template
List<String>	getRequiredParameters() Returns a list containing the qualified names of all required parameters contained in the template
String	getTemplate() Returns the query template
boolean	hasParameter(String name) Determines if the template contains a parameter with a given qualified name
boolean	isParameterRequired(String name) Determines if a parameter with a given qualified name is a required parameter

Method Detail

getRequiredParameters

List<String> getRequiredParameters()

Returns a list containing the qualified names of all required parameters contained in the template

Returns:

A list of all required parameters of the template

getOptionalParameters

List<String> getOptionalParameters()

Returns a list containing the qualified names of all optional parameters contained in the template

Returns:

A list of all optional parameters of the template

isParameterRequired

boolean isParameterRequired(String name)
                            throws NonExistentParameterException,
                                   Exception

Determines if a parameter with a given qualified name is a required parameter

Parameters:

name - The qualified name of the parameter

Returns:

true if the parameter is required, false otherwise

Throws:

NonExistentParameterException - If the parameter is not found among the parameters contained in the template

Exception - In case of other error

hasParameter

boolean hasParameter(String name)

Determines if the template contains a parameter with a given qualified name

Parameters:

name - The qualified name of the parameter

Returns:

true if the parameter is contained in the template, false otherwise

getTemplate

String getTemplate()

Returns the query template

Returns:

The query template