mondrian.olap

Class MondrianDef.Dimension

java.lang.Object

org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef

mondrian.olap.MondrianDef.CubeDimension

mondrian.olap.MondrianDef.Dimension

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, NodeDef

Enclosing class:

MondrianDef

public static class MondrianDef.Dimension
extends MondrianDef.CubeDimension

A Dimension is a collection of hierarchies. There are two kinds: a public dimension belongs to a Schema, and be used by several cubes; a private dimension belongs to a Cube. The foreignKey field is only applicable to private dimensions.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String[]	_type_values Allowable values for type.
MondrianDef.Hierarchy[]	hierarchies
String	type
String	usagePrefix

Fields inherited from class mondrian.olap.MondrianDef.CubeDimension

annotations, caption, description, foreignKey, highCardinality, name, visible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Dimension()
Dimension(DOMWrapper _def)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	display(PrintWriter _out, int _indent)
boolean	displayDiff(ElementDef _other, PrintWriter _out, int _indent)
void	displayXML(XMLOutput _out, int _indent)
MondrianDef.Dimension	getDimension(MondrianDef.Schema schema) Looks up the base dimension of this dimension.
DimensionType	getDimensionType()
String	getName()

Methods inherited from class org.eigenbase.xom.ElementDef

addChild, addChildren, clone, constructElement, constructElement, deepCopy, diff, displayAttribute, displayAttributeDiff, displayElement, displayElementArray, displayElementArrayDiff, displayElementDiff, displayIndent, displayString, displayStringArray, displayStringArrayDiff, displayStringDiff, displayXML, displayXMLElement, displayXMLElementArray, displayXMLString, displayXMLStringArray, equals, getChildren, getElementChildren, getElementClass, getLocation, getMixedChildren_new, getMixedChildren, getText, getType, getWrapper, hashCode, toCompactXML, toString, toXML, verifyEqual

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_type_values

public static final String[] _type_values

Allowable values for type.

type

public String type

usagePrefix

public String usagePrefix

hierarchies

public MondrianDef.Hierarchy[] hierarchies

Constructor Detail

Dimension

public Dimension()

Dimension

public Dimension(DOMWrapper _def)
          throws XOMException

Throws:

XOMException

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

getName in class MondrianDef.CubeDimension

display

public void display(PrintWriter _out,
                    int _indent)

Specified by:

display in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

display in class MondrianDef.CubeDimension

displayXML

public void displayXML(XMLOutput _out,
                       int _indent)

Specified by:

displayXML in interface NodeDef

Overrides:

displayXML in class MondrianDef.CubeDimension

displayDiff

public boolean displayDiff(ElementDef _other,
                           PrintWriter _out,
                           int _indent)

Overrides:

displayDiff in class MondrianDef.CubeDimension

getDimension

public MondrianDef.Dimension getDimension(MondrianDef.Schema schema)

Description copied from class: MondrianDef.CubeDimension

Looks up the base dimension of this dimension. If this is a usage of a shared dimension, returns the referenced dimension; otherwise returns the dimension itself.

Never returns null; if the dimension cannot be found, throws an error.

Specified by:

getDimension in class MondrianDef.CubeDimension

Parameters:

schema - Schema, never null

getDimensionType

public DimensionType getDimensionType()