org.pentaho.di.trans.steps.validator

Class ValidatorMeta

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.di.trans.step.BaseStepMeta

org.pentaho.di.trans.steps.validator.ValidatorMeta

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, StepAttributesInterface, StepMetaInterface

public class ValidatorMeta
extends BaseStepMeta
implements StepMetaInterface

Contains the meta-data for the Validator step: calculates predefined formula's Created on 08-sep-2005

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.pentaho.di.trans.step.BaseStepMeta

loggingObject, STEP_ATTRIBUTES_FILE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidatorMeta()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	allocate(int nrValidations)
void	check(List<org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultInterface> remarks, TransMeta transMeta, StepMeta stepMeta, org.pentaho.di.core.row.RowMetaInterface prev, String[] input, String[] output, org.pentaho.di.core.row.RowMetaInterface info, org.pentaho.di.core.variables.VariableSpace space, Repository repository, org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore) Checks the settings of this step and puts the findings in a remarks List.
Object	clone() Make an exact copy of this step, make sure to explicitly copy Collections etc.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
boolean	excludeFromRowLayoutVerification() This method is added to exclude certain steps from layout checking.
String	getConcatenationSeparator()
List<StreamInterface>	getOptionalStreams()
StepInterface	getStep(StepMeta stepMeta, StepDataInterface stepDataInterface, int cnr, TransMeta tr, Trans trans) Get the executing step, needed by Trans to launch a step.
StepDataInterface	getStepData() Get a new instance of the appropriate data class.
StepIOMetaInterface	getStepIOMeta() Returns the Input/Output metadata for this step.
List<Validation>	getValidations()
String	getXML() Produces the XML string that describes this step's information.
void	handleStreamSelection(StreamInterface stream) When an optional stream is selected, this method is called to handled the ETL metadata implications of that.
boolean	isConcatenatingErrors()
boolean	isValidatingAll()
void	loadXML(Node stepnode, List<org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta> databases, org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore) Load the values for this step from an XML Node
void	readRep(Repository rep, org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore, org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_step, List<org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta> databases) Read the steps information from a Kettle repository
void	saveRep(Repository rep, org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore, org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_transformation, org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_step) Save the steps data into a Kettle repository
void	searchInfoAndTargetSteps(List<StepMeta> steps) Change step names into step objects to allow them to be name-changed etc.
void	setConcatenatingErrors(boolean concatenatingErrors)
void	setConcatenationSeparator(String concatenationSeparator)
void	setDefault() Set default values
void	setValidatingAll(boolean validatingAll)
void	setValidations(List<Validation> validations)
boolean	supportsErrorHandling()

Methods inherited from class org.pentaho.di.trans.step.BaseStepMeta

analyseImpact, analyseImpact, cancelQueries, check, check, excludeFromCopyDistributeVerification, exportResources, exportResources, extractStepMetadataEntries, findAttribute, findParent, getActiveReferencedObjectDescription, getDescription, getDialogClassName, getFields, getFields, getLog, getLogChannelId, getName, getObjectCopy, getObjectId, getObjectRevision, getObjectType, getParent, getParentStepMeta, getReferencedObjectDescriptions, getRepCode, getRepositoryDirectory, getRequiredFields, getRequiredFields, getResourceDependencies, getSQLStatements, getSQLStatements, getStepInjectionMetadataEntries, getStepMetaInjectionInterface, getSupportedTransformationTypes, getTableFields, getTooltip, getUsedArguments, getUsedDatabaseConnections, getUsedLibraries, getXmlCode, hasChanged, hasRepositoryReferences, isBasic, isDebug, isDetailed, isReferencedObjectEnabled, isRowLevel, loadReferencedObject, loadReferencedObject, loadXML, loadXML, logBasic, logBasic, logDebug, logDebug, logDetailed, logDetailed, logError, logError, logError, logMinimal, logMinimal, logRowlevel, logRowlevel, lookupRepositoryReferences, readRep, readRep, resetStepIoMeta, saveRep, setChanged, setChanged, setParentStepMeta

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.pentaho.di.trans.step.StepMetaInterface

analyseImpact, analyseImpact, cancelQueries, check, excludeFromCopyDistributeVerification, exportResources, exportResources, extractStepMetadataEntries, getActiveReferencedObjectDescription, getDialogClassName, getFields, getFields, getParentStepMeta, getReferencedObjectDescriptions, getRequiredFields, getResourceDependencies, getSQLStatements, getSQLStatements, getStepMetaInjectionInterface, getSupportedTransformationTypes, getTableFields, getUsedArguments, getUsedDatabaseConnections, getUsedLibraries, hasChanged, hasRepositoryReferences, isReferencedObjectEnabled, loadReferencedObject, loadXML, lookupRepositoryReferences, readRep, resetStepIoMeta, saveRep, setChanged, setParentStepMeta

Constructor Detail

ValidatorMeta

public ValidatorMeta()

Method Detail

allocate

public void allocate(int nrValidations)

loadXML

public void loadXML(Node stepnode,
                    List<org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta> databases,
                    org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore)
             throws org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleXMLException

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Load the values for this step from an XML Node

Specified by:

loadXML in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

loadXML in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

stepnode - the Node to get the info from

databases - The available list of databases to reference to

metaStore - the metastore to optionally load external reference metadata from

Throws:

org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleXMLException - When an unexpected XML error occurred. (malformed etc.)

getXML

public String getXML()

Description copied from class: BaseStepMeta

Produces the XML string that describes this step's information.

Specified by:

getXML in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

getXML in class BaseStepMeta

Returns:

String containing the XML describing this step.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

clone

public Object clone()

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Make an exact copy of this step, make sure to explicitly copy Collections etc.

Specified by:

clone in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

clone in class BaseStepMeta

Returns:

an exact copy of this step

setDefault

public void setDefault()

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Set default values

Specified by:

setDefault in interface StepMetaInterface

readRep

public void readRep(Repository rep,
                    org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore,
                    org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_step,
                    List<org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta> databases)
             throws org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Read the steps information from a Kettle repository

Specified by:

readRep in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

readRep in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

rep - The repository to read from

metaStore - The MetaStore to read external information from

id_step - The step ID

databases - The databases to reference

Throws:

org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException - When an unexpected error occurred (database, network, etc)

saveRep

public void saveRep(Repository rep,
                    org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore,
                    org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_transformation,
                    org.pentaho.di.repository.ObjectId id_step)
             throws org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Save the steps data into a Kettle repository

Specified by:

saveRep in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

saveRep in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

rep - The Kettle repository to save to

metaStore - the metaStore to optionally write to

id_transformation - The transformation ID

id_step - The step ID

Throws:

org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException - When an unexpected error occurred (database, network, etc)

check

public void check(List<org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultInterface> remarks,
                  TransMeta transMeta,
                  StepMeta stepMeta,
                  org.pentaho.di.core.row.RowMetaInterface prev,
                  String[] input,
                  String[] output,
                  org.pentaho.di.core.row.RowMetaInterface info,
                  org.pentaho.di.core.variables.VariableSpace space,
                  Repository repository,
                  org.pentaho.metastore.api.IMetaStore metaStore)

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Checks the settings of this step and puts the findings in a remarks List.

Specified by:

check in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

check in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

remarks - The list to put the remarks in @see org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResult

stepMeta - The stepMeta to help checking

prev - The fields coming from the previous step

input - The input step names

output - The output step names

info - The fields that are used as information by the step

space - the variable space to resolve variable expressions with

repository - the repository to use to load Kettle metadata objects impacting the output fields

metaStore - the MetaStore to use to load additional external data or metadata impacting the output fields

getStep

public StepInterface getStep(StepMeta stepMeta,
                             StepDataInterface stepDataInterface,
                             int cnr,
                             TransMeta tr,
                             Trans trans)

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Get the executing step, needed by Trans to launch a step.

Specified by:

getStep in interface StepMetaInterface

Parameters:

stepMeta - The step info

stepDataInterface - the step data interface linked to this step. Here the step can store temporary data, database connections, etc.

cnr - The copy nr to get

tr - The transformation info

trans - The launching transformation

getStepData

public StepDataInterface getStepData()

Description copied from interface: StepMetaInterface

Get a new instance of the appropriate data class. This data class implements the StepDataInterface. It basically contains the persisting data that needs to live on, even if a worker thread is terminated.

Specified by:

getStepData in interface StepMetaInterface

Returns:

The appropriate StepDataInterface class.

supportsErrorHandling

public boolean supportsErrorHandling()

Specified by:

supportsErrorHandling in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

supportsErrorHandling in class BaseStepMeta

Returns:

true if this step supports error "reporting" on rows: the ability to send rows to a certain target step.

getValidations

public List<Validation> getValidations()

Returns:

the validations

setValidations

public void setValidations(List<Validation> validations)

Parameters:

validations - the validations to set

excludeFromRowLayoutVerification

public boolean excludeFromRowLayoutVerification()

Description copied from class: BaseStepMeta

This method is added to exclude certain steps from layout checking.

Specified by:

excludeFromRowLayoutVerification in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

excludeFromRowLayoutVerification in class BaseStepMeta

isValidatingAll

public boolean isValidatingAll()

Returns:

the validatingAll

setValidatingAll

public void setValidatingAll(boolean validatingAll)

Parameters:

validatingAll - the validatingAll to set

isConcatenatingErrors

public boolean isConcatenatingErrors()

Returns:

the concatenatingErrors

setConcatenatingErrors

public void setConcatenatingErrors(boolean concatenatingErrors)

Parameters:

concatenatingErrors - the concatenatingErrors to set

getConcatenationSeparator

public String getConcatenationSeparator()

Returns:

the concatenationSeparator

setConcatenationSeparator

public void setConcatenationSeparator(String concatenationSeparator)

Parameters:

concatenationSeparator - the concatenationSeparator to set

getStepIOMeta

public StepIOMetaInterface getStepIOMeta()

Returns the Input/Output metadata for this step.

Specified by:

getStepIOMeta in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

getStepIOMeta in class BaseStepMeta

searchInfoAndTargetSteps

public void searchInfoAndTargetSteps(List<StepMeta> steps)

Description copied from class: BaseStepMeta

Change step names into step objects to allow them to be name-changed etc.

Specified by:

searchInfoAndTargetSteps in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

searchInfoAndTargetSteps in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

steps - the steps to reference

getOptionalStreams

public List<StreamInterface> getOptionalStreams()

Specified by:

getOptionalStreams in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

getOptionalStreams in class BaseStepMeta

Returns:

The list of optional input streams. It allows the user to select from a list of possible actions like "New target step"

handleStreamSelection

public void handleStreamSelection(StreamInterface stream)

Description copied from class: BaseStepMeta

When an optional stream is selected, this method is called to handled the ETL metadata implications of that.

Specified by:

handleStreamSelection in interface StepMetaInterface

Overrides:

handleStreamSelection in class BaseStepMeta

Parameters:

stream - The optional stream to handle.