org.oasisopen.cci2
Interface PersistentIdentity

All Superinterfaces:

Identity, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Authority.Identity, Component.Identity, Configuration.Identity, Connection.Identity, DataproviderProperty.Identity, DataproviderType.Identity, DataproviderTypeProperty.Identity, DeploymentUnit.Identity, Domain.Identity, Domain.Identity, Element.Identity, Instance.Identity, Involved.Identity, Module.Identity, Namespace.Identity, Preferences.Identity, Property.Identity, Property.Identity, Provider.Identity, ResourceAdapter.Identity, ResourceAdapterProperty.Identity, ResourceReference.Identity, Segment.Identity, Statistics.Identity, UnitOfWork.Identity, View.Identity

All Known Implementing Classes:

org.oasisopen.jdo2.AbstractIdentity, Authority.Identity, Component.Identity, Configuration.Identity, Connection.Identity, DataproviderProperty.Identity, DataproviderType.Identity, DataproviderTypeProperty.Identity, DeploymentUnit.Identity, Domain.Identity, Domain.Identity, Element.Identity, Instance.Identity, Involved.Identity, Module.Identity, Namespace.Identity, Preferences.Identity, Property.Identity, Property.Identity, Provider.Identity, ResourceAdapter.Identity, ResourceAdapterProperty.Identity, ResourceReference.Identity, Segment.Identity, Statistics.Identity, UnitOfWork.Identity, View.Identity

public interface PersistentIdentity
extends Identity

Persistent Identity

A PersistentIdentity's XRI authority has one of the following forms

• @openmdx*‹openmdx-authority›
• @openmdx*‹openmdx-authority›*($t*(+class)*‹model-class›)

The openmdx-authority sub-segment is defined as following:

• In general, the openmdx-authority begins with the top level domain name of the organization and then the organization's domain and then any subdomains listed in reverse order.
• Its components are separated by dots (.).
• They should be all lowercase characters whenever possible.

The model-class sub-segment is defined as following:

• The model-class begins with an optional namespace followed by the class name.
• Its components are separated by two colons (::).
• The namespace should be omitted if it consists of exactly the same components as the the openmdx-authority.

Method Summary

PersistentIdentity

parent() Retrieve the parent

Methods inherited from interface org.oasisopen.cci2.Identity

toXRI

Method Detail

parent

PersistentIdentity parent()

Retrieve the parent

Returns:

the identity of the target object's parent; or null if the object identity lacks this information