org.pentaho.di.repository
Interface IRepositoryImporter

All Superinterfaces:

ProgressMonitorListener, RepositoryElementReadListener, RepositoryImportFeedbackInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

RepositoryImporter

public interface IRepositoryImporter
extends ProgressMonitorListener, RepositoryImportFeedbackInterface, RepositoryElementReadListener

Handles importing a repository.

Author:

jganoff

Method Summary

List<Exception>	getExceptions() Returns a list of exceptions that the implementation may maintain.
void	importAll(RepositoryImportFeedbackInterface feedback, String fileDirectory, String[] filenames, RepositoryDirectoryInterface baseDirectory, boolean overwrite, boolean continueOnError, String versionComment) Import objects from an XML document to a repository.
void	setImportRules(ImportRules importRules) Set the list of rules that need to be applied to every imported object.
void	setJobDirOverride(String jobDirOverride) Overrides repository directory for all imported jobs.
void	setTransDirOverride(String transDirOverride) Overrides repository directory for all imported transformations.

Methods inherited from interface org.pentaho.di.core.ProgressMonitorListener

beginTask, done, isCanceled, setTaskName, subTask, worked

Methods inherited from interface org.pentaho.di.repository.RepositoryImportFeedbackInterface

addLog, askContinueOnErrorQuestion, isAskingOverwriteConfirmation, jobOverwritePrompt, setLabel, showError, transOverwritePrompt, updateDisplay

Methods inherited from interface org.pentaho.di.repository.RepositoryElementReadListener

fatalXmlErrorEncountered, jobElementRead, transformationElementRead

Method Detail

importAll

void importAll(RepositoryImportFeedbackInterface feedback,
               String fileDirectory,
               String[] filenames,
               RepositoryDirectoryInterface baseDirectory,
               boolean overwrite,
               boolean continueOnError,
               String versionComment)

Import objects from an XML document to a repository.

Parameters:

feedback - Required to provide feedback to the user.

fileDirectory - Base directory to load files (named filenames) from

filenames - Names of files found in fileDirectory to be imported.

baseDirectory - Base directory to load objects into.

overwrite - Should objects in the repository be overwritten with ones we're importing?

continueOnError - Should the import continue if there is an error importing an object?

versionComment - Comment to use when saving imported objects.

setImportRules

void setImportRules(ImportRules importRules)

Set the list of rules that need to be applied to every imported object.

Parameters:

importRules - The rules to use during import into the repository

setTransDirOverride

void setTransDirOverride(String transDirOverride)

Overrides repository directory for all imported transformations.

setJobDirOverride

void setJobDirOverride(String jobDirOverride)

Overrides repository directory for all imported jobs.

getExceptions

List<Exception> getExceptions()

Returns a list of exceptions that the implementation may maintain.

Returns: