Package org.pentaho.di.resource

Interface ResourceExportInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

JobMeta, StepMeta, TransMeta

public interface ResourceExportInterface

The classes implementing this interface allow their used resources to be exported.

Author:

Matt

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	exportResources(org.pentaho.di.core.variables.VariableSpace space, Map<String,ResourceDefinition> definitions, ResourceNamingInterface namingInterface, Repository repository, org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore)	Exports the object to a flat-file system, adding content with filename keys to a set of definitions.

Method Details

exportResources

String exportResources(org.pentaho.di.core.variables.VariableSpace space,
 Map<String,ResourceDefinition> definitions,
 ResourceNamingInterface namingInterface,
 Repository repository,
 org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore)
                throws org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException

Exports the object to a flat-file system, adding content with filename keys to a set of definitions. The supplied resource naming interface allows the object to name appropriately without worrying about those parts of the implementation specific details.

Parameters:

space - The variable space to resolve (environment) variables with.

definitions - The map containing the filenames and content

namingInterface - The resource naming interface allows the object to name appropriately

repository - the repository object to load from

metaStore - the central metastore to load non-kettle specific metadata from

Returns:

The filename for this object. (also contained in the definitions map)

Throws:

org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException - in case something goes wrong during the export