IPdiContentProvider (pentaho-platform-api 10.0.0.1-249 API)

```
public interface IPdiContentProvider
```

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`PROTECTED_PARAMETER_PREFIX`	When a user creates a input parameter but does not want it to be written by others, it uses the syntax of an "_" (underscore) as prefix; so, if a user creates input parameter "_name", then the other users looking at it will know that they should not change it.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getUserParameters(String kettleFilePath)`	lists user input parameters for a given a ktr/kjb filePath
`boolean`	`hasUserParameters(String kettleFilePath)`	given a ktr/kjb filePath, looks in its metadata for the existence of user input parameters, required to properly execute

- Field Detail
  - PROTECTED_PARAMETER_PREFIX
```
static final String PROTECTED_PARAMETER_PREFIX
```
    When a user creates a input parameter but does not want it to be written by others, it uses the syntax of an "_" (underscore) as prefix; so, if a user creates input parameter "_name", then the other users looking at it will know that they should not change it.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - hasUserParameters
```
boolean hasUserParameters(String kettleFilePath)
```
    given a ktr/kjb filePath, looks in its metadata for the existence of user input parameters, required to properly execute
    
    Parameters:
    
    kettleFilePath - ktr/kjb filePath
    
    Returns:
    
    true if ktr/kjb required some user-input parameters to execute, false otherwise
  - getUserParameters
```
String[] getUserParameters(String kettleFilePath)
```
    lists user input parameters for a given a ktr/kjb filePath
    
    Parameters:
    
    kettleFilePath - ktr/kjb filePath
    
    Returns:
    
    list of user input parameters' name