Package org.pentaho.di.connections.utils

Class ConnectionDetailsUtils

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.di.connections.utils.ConnectionDetailsUtils

public class ConnectionDetailsUtils
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T extends ConnectionDetails> T	cloneMeta(T instance)	Clones a given connection details instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

cloneMeta

public static <T extends ConnectionDetails> T cloneMeta(T instance)
                                                 throws org.pentaho.metastore.api.exceptions.MetaStoreException

Clones a given connection details instance.

Cloning is done by according to the meta store metadata from present meta store annotations in the connection details type. Essentially, behaving as a save followed by a load from an in-memory meta-store. As such any information not stored in the meta store is not preserved in the cloned instance.

The given connection details must have a name set or the operation fails.

Parameters:

instance - The connection details instance to clone.

Returns:

The cloned connection details.

Throws:

org.pentaho.metastore.api.exceptions.MetaStoreException