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 and Description
String	exportResources(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 Detail

exportResources

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

KettleException - in case something goes wrong during the export