Matt Ward 723fe98cf2 ALF-7260: schema comparator
* replace path/push/pop mechanism as it doesn't work well at reporting where differences/validation errors occur.
* add getParent() to DbObject - so that a path-style identifier can be deduced for a DbObject when needed
* add DbProperty to specify a specific DbObject's property and value -- acts as a schema location pointer
* refactored Result code (need difference result and validation error result)





git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/HEAD/root@31527 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261
2011-10-27 18:07:06 +00:00

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*
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package org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.model;
import org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.DbObjectVisitor;
import org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.DiffContext;
import org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.Results;
import org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.Result.Strength;
/**
* All database objects to be modelled for schema comparisons must implement this interface, examples
* of which include: schemas, tables, indexes, primary keys, foreign keys, sequences and columns.
*
* @author Matt Ward
*/
public interface DbObject
{
/**
* Are the two <code>DbObject</code>s logically the same? For example two Index objects may have
* different names, but are the same index as they both index the same columns for the same table.
* <p>
* If two objects a and b have the same logical identity, it does not mean that <code>a.equals(b) == true</code>.
* The two objects may well have differences and will be flagged as such by the schema comparison tool. When
* <code>a.sameAs(b) == true</code> it makes it easier to show the differences as related, i.e. a and b are
* different rather than, a is only in the 'left' tree and b is only in the 'right' tree.
*
* @param other
* @return
*/
boolean sameAs(DbObject other);
/**
* All items can be asked for their name, but it may be null.
*
* @return Name if available, null otherwise.
*/
String getName();
/**
* Generate a report of differences between this object ('left') and another object ('right').
* Differences between the left and right objects under inspection are captured in the {@link Results}
* object passed in to this method.
*
* @param right The object to compare against.
* @param ctx The DiffContext
*/
void diff(DbObject right, DiffContext ctx, Strength strength);
/**
* Allows a visitor to be invoked against this DbObject. Implementations should ensure that child
* objects are visited first (by calling accept on them) before invoking the visitor on itself.
*
* @param visitor
*/
void accept(DbObjectVisitor visitor);
/**
* Get the parent object for which this object is a child. If this is the root object
* then null should be returned.
*
* @return Parent reference or null
*/
DbObject getParent();
/**
* Sets the parent object.
*
* @see #getParent()
* @param parent
*/
void setParent(DbObject parent);
}