Dimension (Pentaho Community Edition Project: mondrian 9.3.0.0-424 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Annotated, OlapElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

DimensionBase, RolapCubeDimension
```
public interface Dimension
extends OlapElement, Annotated
```
A Dimension represents a dimension of a cube.

Author:

jhyde, 1 March, 1999

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface mondrian.olap.OlapElement
  OlapElement.LocalizedProperty

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String MEASURES_NAME

static String MEASURES_UNIQUE_NAME

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DimensionType`	`getDimensionType()`	Returns the type of this dimension (`DimensionType.StandardDimension` or `DimensionType.TimeDimension`
`Hierarchy[]`	`getHierarchies()`	Returns an array of the hierarchies which belong to this dimension.
`Schema`	`getSchema()`	Returns the schema this dimension belongs to.
`boolean`	`isHighCardinality()`	Returns whether the dimension should be considered as a "high cardinality" or "low cardinality" according to cube definition.
`boolean`	`isMeasures()`	Returns whether this is the `[Measures]` dimension.

Methods inherited from interface mondrian.olap.Annotated
getAnnotationMap

Methods inherited from interface mondrian.olap.OlapElement
getCaption, getDescription, getDimension, getHierarchy, getLocalized, getName, getQualifiedName, getUniqueName, isVisible, lookupChild

- Field Detail
  - MEASURES_UNIQUE_NAME
```
static final String MEASURES_UNIQUE_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MEASURES_NAME
```
static final String MEASURES_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getHierarchies
```
Hierarchy[] getHierarchies()
```
    Returns an array of the hierarchies which belong to this dimension.
  - isMeasures
```
boolean isMeasures()
```
    Returns whether this is the [Measures] dimension.
  - getDimensionType
```
DimensionType getDimensionType()
```
    Returns the type of this dimension (DimensionType.StandardDimension or DimensionType.TimeDimension
  - getSchema
```
Schema getSchema()
```
    Returns the schema this dimension belongs to.
  - isHighCardinality
```
boolean isHighCardinality()
```
    Returns whether the dimension should be considered as a "high cardinality" or "low cardinality" according to cube definition. Mondrian tends to evaluate high cardinality dimensions using iterators rather than lists, avoiding instantiating the dimension in memory.
    
    Returns:
    
    whether this dimension is high-cardinality