wt.epm.structure
Class EPMVariantLink

java.lang.Object
  wt.fc.WTObject
      wt.fc.ObjectToObjectLink
          wt.epm.structure.EPMVariantLink

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable, EPMObject, wt.fc.archive.Archiveable, BinaryLink, Link, NetFactor, ObjectMappable, Persistable, DisplayIdentification

public final class EPMVariantLink
extends ObjectToObjectLink
implements EPMObject, wt.fc.archive.Archiveable, Externalizable

Denotes that an EPMDocument is a variant of another.

Use the newEPMVariantLink static factory method(s), not the EPMVariantLink constructor, to construct instances of this class. Instances must be constructed using the static factory(s), in order to ensure proper initialization of the instance.

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface wt.epm.EPMObject

AUTHORING_APPLICATION, OWNER_APPLICATION

Method Summary

void	checkAttributes() Validate the values of this Persistable object's attributes.
EPMAuthoringAppType	getAuthoringApplication() Gets the value of the attribute: AUTHORING_APPLICATION.
EPMApplicationType	getOwnerApplication() Gets the value of the attribute: OWNER_APPLICATION.

Methods inherited from class wt.fc.WTObject

getDisplayIdentifier, getDisplayIdentity, getDisplayType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getOwnerApplication

public EPMApplicationType getOwnerApplication()

Gets the value of the attribute: OWNER_APPLICATION. Indicate that the named application owns the object.

The parameter is an EPMApplicationType, so that any sort of checking can be done at run-time.

Supported API: true

Specified by:

getOwnerApplication in interface EPMObject

Returns:

EPMApplicationType

getAuthoringApplication

public EPMAuthoringAppType getAuthoringApplication()

Gets the value of the attribute: AUTHORING_APPLICATION. Indicates that the named application authored the object.

The parameter is an EPMAuthoringAppType, so that any sort of checking can be done at run-time.

Supported API: true

Specified by:

getAuthoringApplication in interface EPMObject

Returns:

EPMAuthoringAppType

checkAttributes

public void checkAttributes()
                     throws InvalidAttributeException

Validate the values of this Persistable object's attributes.

In particular, this must check that the modifications to the object were made by an approved application.

Supported API: true

Specified by:

checkAttributes in interface EPMObject

Throws:

InvalidAttributeException