oracle.olapi.data.source
Class Source

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanSource, DateSource, NumberSource, StringSource

public class Source

extends java.lang.Object

implements SourceIdentifier

An OLAP API query. You use Source objects to specify the data that you want to retrieve from the data store and to specify any analytical or other operations that you want to perform on the data.

The kinds of Source objects that you use to specify data and to perform analysis, and the ways that you get them, are the following:

• Primary Source objects, which are returned by the getSource method of an MdmSource object such as an MdmDimension or an MdmMeasure. A primary Source provides access to the data that the MdmSource represents. Getting primary Source objects is usually the first step in creating a query. You then use the other kinds of Source objects to select data based on the primary Source objects and to specify analytical operations on the selections.
• Derived Source objects, which you get by calling methods of a Source object. Methods such as join return a new Source that is based on the Source whose method you called. All queries on the data store, other than a simple list of dimension values specified by a primary Source, are derived Source objects.
• Fundamental Source objects that represent data types, which are returned by the getSource method of a FundamentalMetadataObject that you get by calling a method such as getBooleanDataType or getIntegerDataType of a FundamentalMetadataProvider. For example, to get a NumberSource that represents the set of all numerical values you call the getNumberDataType method of a FundamentalMetadataProvider and then call the getSource method of the FundamentalMetadataObject returned by getNumberDataType.
• List or range Source objects, which are returned by the createConstantSource, createListSource, or createRangeSource of a DataProvider. Typically, you use this kind of Source as the joined or comparison parameter to the join method.
• Empty, null, or void Source objects. Empty and void Source objects are returned by the getEmptySource or getVoidSource method of a DataProvider, and null Source objects are returned by the nullSource method of a Source. An empty Source has no elements. A void or null Source has one element that has the value of null. The difference between them is that a void Source has as its type the FundamentalMetadataObject for the Value data type, and the null Source has as its type the Source whose nullSource method returned it. Typically, you use these kinds of Source objects as the value of the joined or comparison parameter to a join method.
• Dynamic Source objects, which are returned by the getSource method of a DynamicDefinition. A dynamic Source is usually a derived Source. It is generated by a Template, which you use to create a dynamic query that interacts with an end user.
• Parameterized Source objects, which are returned by the createParameterizedSource methods of a DataProvider. Like a list or range Source, you use a parameterized Source as a parameter to the join method. Unlike a list or range Source, however, you can change the value that the Parameter represents after the join operation and thereby change the selection that the derived Source represents. You can create a Cursor for that derived Source and retrieve the results of the query. You can then change the value of the Parameter, and, without having to create a new Cursor for the derived Source, use that same Cursor to retrieve the results of the modified query.
• Placeholder Source objects, which are returned by the getSource method of a FundamentalMetadataObject that represents a placeholder for a specific data type. You get the FundamentalMetadataObject for a placeholder with methods of a FundamentalMetadataProvider such as getNumberPlaceholder or getStringPlaceholder. Oracle OLAP uses placeholder Source objects in Assignment objects in an MdmModel or CustomModel. In an Assignment, a placeholder Source represents the Source for the current measure to which the value is being assigned. You can use a placeholder Source in creating a custom dimension member and Oracle OLAP automatically adds an Assignment to the appropriate Model.

You can use the Source for an MdmDimension object, such as an MdmPrimaryDimension, an MdmLevelHierarchy, or an MdmLevel to create a Cursor and retrieve the elements of the dimension, hierarchy, or level. To retrieve the data represented by an MdmMeasure or an MdmAttribute, which are subclasses of MdmDimensionedObject, you must specify the data that you want by using the join method of a Source to produce a Source that combines the Source for the measure or the attribute with the Source objects that represent the dimensions of the dimensioned object.

To understand how to use join, and the other Source methods, you should become familiar with the concepts of the type of a Source and of the inputs and outputs of a Source. For a detailed description of these concepts and how they are related to each other, and for examples that use some of the Source methods, see the Oracle OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API.

Most of the Source methods are shortcuts for operations that use one or more of the alias, distinct, join, position, or value methods.

A Source has an associated SourceDefinition that contains information about the Source. For example, a Source that results from a join operation has an associated JoinDefinition. You can get the SourceDefinition for a Source by calling its getDefinition method.

Field Summary

static int	COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the same order as they are in the comparison Source.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_FIRST A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements are in the same order in the resulting Source as they are in the comparison Source except that any null elements appear last.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_LAST A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the same order as they are in the comparison Source with any null elements appearing last.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_FIRST A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source with any null elements appearing first.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_LAST A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source except that any null elements appear last.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are not in the comparison Source.
static int	COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source.

Method Summary

Source	alias() Returns a Source that has the same elements as this Source, but that has this Source as its type.
Source	appendValue(Source appendValue) Appends the element of the specified Source to the elements of this Source.
Source	appendValues(Source appendValues) Appends the elements of the specified Source to the elements of this Source.
Source	appendValues(Source[] appendValues) Appends the elements of the specified Source array to the elements of this Source.
Source	at(int position) Selects the element of this Source at the specified position.
Source	at(NumberSource position) Selects the elements of this Source at the positions specified by the position NumberSource.
NumberSource	count() Counts the elements in this Source that have values.
NumberSource	count(boolean includeNoValue) Counts the elements in this Source including elements that have a null value, if the value of includeNoValue is true, or excluding elements that have a null value, if the value of includeNoValue is false.
Source	cumulativeInterval() For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element.
Source	cumulativeInterval(int offset) For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element plus the value specified by offset.
Source	cumulativeInterval(NumberSource offset) For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element plus the value specified by offset.
Source	distinct() Selects all of the elements of this Source but removes any duplicated elements.
BooleanSource	eq(Source rhs) Compares the values of the elements of this Source to the values of the elements of the specified Source, and determines if they are equal.
Source	extract() Produces a Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an extraction input.
Source	findMatchFor(Source input) Determines if this Source or any of its outputs matches the specified Source and returns the matching Source when there is a match, or null when there is not.
Source	first() Specifies the element at position 1 of this Source.
BooleanSource	ge(Source rhs) Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a greater or equal value.
DataProvider	getDataProvider() Gets the DataProvider that is associated with this Source.
Source	getDataType() Gets the Source that represents the OLAP API data type of this Source.
SourceDefinition	getDefinition() Gets the SourceDefinition for this Source.
java.util.Set	getExtractionInputs() Gets the extraction inputs of this Source object.
java.lang.String	getID() Gets a String that uniquely identifies this Source during this connection.
java.util.Set	getInputs() Gets all of the inputs of this Source, both the regular inputs and the extraction inputs, if any.
MetadataProvider	getMetadataProvider() Gets the MetadataProvider that provides the metadata objects for this primary Source object.
java.lang.String	getMetadataProviderID() Gets a String that uniquely identifies the MetadataProvider for this Source.
Model	getModel() Gets the Model associated with this Source.
java.util.List	getOutputs() Gets the outputs of this Source.
java.util.Set	getRegularInputs() Gets the regular inputs of this Source.
Source	getType() Gets the Source that is the type of this Source.
BooleanSource	gt(Source rhs) Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if the value of the element of this Source is greater than the value of the element of the other Source.
BooleanSource	hasValue() Identifies whether each element of this Source has a value and produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true when the value of the corresponding element of this Source is not null or false when the value is null.
BooleanSource	in(Source list) Determines if any element in this Source is also an element in the specified Source.
Source	interval(int bottom, int top) Selects the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top.
Source	interval(NumberSource bottom, NumberSource top) Selects the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top.
boolean	isSubtypeOf(Source input) Indicates whether the specified Source is a subtype of this Source.
Source	join(Source joined) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and adds joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, boolean comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are determined by the elements of joined that are true or false as specified by the value of the comparison boolean and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, boolean[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison boolean array and does not add joined as an output to the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, java.util.Date comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison Date and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, java.util.Date[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison Date array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, double comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison double and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, double[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison double array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, float comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison float and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, float[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison float array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, int comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison int and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, int[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison int array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, short comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison short and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, short[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison short array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, Source comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in the comparison Source and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, Source comparison, boolean visible) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and that has or does not have joined as an output, depending on the value of visible.
Source	join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that are selected from joined by comparison to the elements of comparison as determined by comparisonRule, and returns a Source that has or does not have joined as an output as determined by visible.
Source	join(Source joined, java.lang.String comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison String and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	join(Source joined, java.lang.String[] comparison) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison String array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	joinHidden(Source joined) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.
Source	last() Specifies the element at last position of this Source.
BooleanSource	le(Source rhs) Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a lesser or equal value.
BooleanSource	lt(Source rhs) Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a lesser value.
Source	movingInterval(int bottom, int top) For each element of this Source, selects the elements of this Source in the range of positions from the position of the current element plus the bottom value to the position of the current element plus the top value.
Source	movingInterval(NumberSource bottom, NumberSource top) For each element of this Source, selects the elements of this Source in the range of positions from the position of the current element plus the bottom value to the position of the current element plus the top value.
BooleanSource	ne(Source rhs) Compares the values of the elements of this Source to the values of the elements of the specified Source, and determines if they are not equal.
Source	nullSource() Produces a Source that has a single element with the value of null and that has the base Source as its type.
Source	offset(int offset) For each element of this Source, selects the element of this Source that is the specified number of positions away from it.
Source	offset(NumberSource offset) For each element of this Source, selects the element of this Source that is the specified number of positions away from it.
NumberSource	position() Produces a NumberSource that has an ordinal integer value for the position of each element of this Source and that has this Source as a regular input.
NumberSource	position(boolean zeroBased) Produces a NumberSource that has an ordinal integer value for the position of each element of this Source and that has this Source as a regular input.
NumberSource	positionOfValue(Source value) Produces a NumberSource that has the position of the element of this Source that has the value that is specified by value.
NumberSource	positionOfValues(Source values) Produces a NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the values that are specified by values.
NumberSource	positionOfValues(Source[] values) Produces a NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the Source objects that are specified by values.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase, int maxIterations, boolean visible) Selects the parent and child elements of this Source that are determined by the joined, comparison, and comparisonRule parameters and orders the elements hierarchically.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, java.lang.String[] comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, java.lang.String[] comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, java.lang.String comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	recursiveJoin(Source joined, java.lang.String comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	remove(BooleanSource filter) Removes the elements of this Source for which the corresponding element of the specified BooleanSource has a value of true.
Source	removeValue(Source value) Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified value.
Source	removeValues(Source values) Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified values.
Source	removeValues(Source[] values) Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified Source objects.
Source	select(BooleanSource filter) Selects the elements of this Source for which the corresponding element of the specified BooleanSource has a value of true.
Source	selectDescendants(Source comparison, Source parent) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by comparison and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents.
Source	selectValue(Source value) Selects the element of this Source that has the specified Source as its value.
Source	selectValues(Source values) Selects the elements of this Source that have the specified values.
Source	selectValues(Source[] values) Selects the elements of this Source that have the specified values.
Source	sortAscending() Sorts the elements of this Source in the ascending order of their data type.
Source	sortAscending(Source sortValue) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the ascending order of the sortValue data type.
Source	sortAscending(Source sortValue, boolean nullsFirst) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the ascending order of the sortValue data type.
Source	sortAscendingHierarchically(Source parent) Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order with the parents appearing before the children in the result.
Source	sortAscendingHierarchically(Source parent, boolean parentsFirst) Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order.
Source	sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order with the parents appearing before their children.
Source	sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order.
Source	sortDescending() Sorts the elements of this Source in the descending order of their values.
Source	sortDescending(Source sortValue) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the descending order of the sortValue data type.
Source	sortDescending(Source sortValue, boolean nullsFirst) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the descending order of the sortValue data type.
Source	sortDescendingHierarchically(Source parent) Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order with the parents appearing before the children in the result.
Source	sortDescendingHierarchically(Source parent, boolean parentsFirst) Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order.
Source	sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order with the parents appearing before their children.
Source	sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order.
NumberSource	toDoubleSource() Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java double data type.
NumberSource	toFloatSource() Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java float data type.
NumberSource	toIntegerSource() Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java int data type.
NumberSource	toShortSource() Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java short data type.
StringSource	toStringSource() Converts the values of the elements of this Source to Java String objects.
Source	value() Produces a Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an input.
Source	value(Source input) Produces a Source that has the same elements as this Source and that has the specified Source as an input.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the same order as they are in the comparison Source.

COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_FIRST

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_FIRST

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements are in the same order in the resulting Source as they are in the comparison Source except that any null elements appear last.

COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_LAST

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_LAST

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the same order as they are in the comparison Source with any null elements appearing last. This rule is the same as COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING.

COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source.

COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_FIRST

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_FIRST

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source with any null elements appearing first. This rule is the same as COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING.

COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_LAST

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_LAST

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source and that the positions of those elements in the resulting Source are in the reverse order of what they are in the comparison Source except that any null elements appear last.

COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are not in the comparison Source.

COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT

public static final int COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT

A constant that specifies that the join method selects only the elements of the joined Source that are in the comparison Source.

Method Detail

alias

public final Source alias()

Returns a Source that has the same elements as this Source, but that has this Source as its type. Use this method when you want to control the match of a Source to an input or to create a parameter to use as the input of a function.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements, inputs, and outputs as this Source object, but that has this Source as its type.

appendValue

public final Source appendValue(Source appendValue)

Appends the element of the specified Source to the elements of this Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, appendSource is the Source whose elements you want to append to this Source, and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source discriminator = dp.createListSource(new Source[]
                                            {base, appendSource});
 Source result = discriminator.extract()
                              .join(discriminator, dp.getEmptySource(),
                                    Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE, false);

Parameters:

appendValue - A Source whose element you want to append to this Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source with the element of the specified Source appended.

appendValues

public final Source appendValues(Source[] appendValues)

Appends the elements of the specified Source array to the elements of this Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, appendSource is the Source array whose elements you want to append to this Source, and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source discriminator = dp.createListSource(new Source[]
                                            {base, appendSource});
 Source result = discriminator.extract()
                              .join(discriminator, dp.getEmptySource(),
                                    Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE, false);

Parameters:

appendValues - An array of Source objects whose elements you want to append to this Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source with the elements of the specified Source array appended.

appendValues

public final Source appendValues(Source appendValues)

Appends the elements of the specified Source to the elements of this Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, appendSource is the Source whose elements you want to append to this Source, and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source discriminator = dp.createListSource(new Source[]
                                            {base, appendSource});
 Source result = discriminator.extract()
                              .join(discriminator, dp.getEmptySource(),
                                    Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE, false);

Parameters:

appendValues - A Source whose elements you want to append to this Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source with the elements of the specified Source appended.

at

public final Source at(int position)

Selects the element of this Source at the specified position.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and pos specifies the position of the element that you want in the returned Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.position(), pos,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

position - The one-based position of the element of this Source that you want to have in the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the element of this Source specified by position.

at

public final Source at(NumberSource position)

Selects the elements of this Source at the positions specified by the position NumberSource.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and pos is the NumberSource that specifies the positions of the elements that you want the returned Source to have.

 Source result = base.join(base.position(), pos,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

In the following example, dp is the DataProvider, and prodHier is the Source for the default hierarchy of a dimension of product values.

 NumberSource positions = dp.createListSource(new int[] {3, 6, 9});
 Source result = prodHier.at(positions);

A Cursor for the result Source has the following unique values.

 PRODUCT_ROLLUP::FAMILY::4
 PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::15
 PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::17

Parameters:

position - A NumberSource that has the one-based positions of the elements of this Source that you want to have in the resulting Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by position.

count

public final NumberSource count()

Counts the elements in this Source that have values.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has an element whose value is the number of elements in this Source that have a value that is not null.

count

public final NumberSource count(boolean includeNoValue)

Counts the elements in this Source including elements that have a null value, if the value of includeNoValue is true, or excluding elements that have a null value, if the value of includeNoValue is false.

Parameters:

includeNoValue - Specifies whether this method counts elements with a null value. Specify true if you want the method to count elements with a null value or false if you do not.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has an element whose value is the number of elements in this Source.

cumulativeInterval

public final Source cumulativeInterval()

For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source range = dp.createRangeSource(1, base.position());
 Source cumInterval = base.join(base.position(), range,
                                Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Because range, the comparison parameter of the join operation, has an input of base, the resulting cumInterval Source also has base as an input.

In the following example, shortDescMonths2002 is a Source that specifies the short descriptions for the months for the year 2002. The Source does not have any inputs or outputs. The first line produces the cumIntMonths Source, which has a type of shortDescMonths2002 and has shortDescMonths2002 as an input. The second line joins cumIntMonths to shortDescMonths2002. The input of cumIntMonths is matched by the joined parameter, shortDescMonths2002.

 Source cumIntMonths = shortDescMonths2002.cumulativeInterval();
 Source result = cumIntMonths.join(shortDescMonths2002);

A Cursor for result has the following values, which are displayed with the positions of the elements of result in the left column, the values of the shortDescMonths2002 output in the middle column, and the values of result in the right column. The Cursor has the 78 elements specified by the result Source but the values from element 7 to element 66 are not shown.

                 Cumulative Interval
     Months 2002   for Months 2002
     ----------- -------------------
 1:   Jan-02        Jan-02
 2:   Feb-02        Jan-02
 3:   Feb-02        Feb-02
 4:   Mar-02        Jan-02
 5:   Mar-02        Feb-02
 6:   Mar-02        Mar-02
 . . .
 67:  Dec-02        Jan-02
 68:  Dec-02        Feb-02
 69:  Dec-02        Mar-02
 70:  Dec-02        Apr-02
 71:  Dec-02        May-02
 72:  Dec-02        Jun-02
 73:  Dec-02        Jul-02
 74:  Dec-02        Aug-02
 75:  Dec-02        Sep-02
 76:  Dec-02        Oct-02
 77:  Dec-02        Nov-02
 78:  Dec-02        Dec-02 

Returns:

A Source that, for each element of this Source, specifies the positions of this Source that are less than or equal to the position of that element.

cumulativeInterval

public final Source cumulativeInterval(int offset)

For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element plus the value specified by offset. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and offset is an integer.

 Source range = dp.createRangeSource(1, base.position().plus(offset));
 Source cumInterval = base.join(base.position(), range,
                                Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Because range, the comparison parameter of the join operation, has an input of base, the resulting cumInterval Source also has base as an input.

In the following example, shortDescMonths2002 is a Source that specifies the short descriptions of the months for the year 2002. The Source does not have any inputs or outputs. The first line produces the cumIntMonths Source, which has a type of shortDescMonths2002 and has shortDescMonths2002 as an input. The second line joins cumIntMonths to shortDescMonths2002. The input of cumIntMonths is matched by the joined parameter, shortDescMonths2002.

 Source cumIntMonths = shortDescMonths2002.cumulativeInterval(3);
 Source result = cumIntMonths.join(shortDescMonths2002);

A Cursor for result has the following values, which are displayed with the positions of the elements of result in the left column, the values of the shortDescMonths2002 output in the middle column, and the values of result in the right column. The Cursor has the 108 elements specified by the result Source but the values from element 10 to element 98 are not shown. *

                   Cumulative Interval
       Months 2002   for Months 2002
       ----------- -------------------
   1:    Jan-02       Jan-02
   2:    Jan-02       Feb-02
   3:    Jan-02       Mar-02
   4:    Jan-02       Apr-02
   5:    Feb-02       Jan-02
   6:    Feb-02       Feb-02
   7:    Feb-02       Mar-02
   8:    Feb-02       Apr-02
   9:    Feb-02       May-02
 . . .
  98:    Dec-02       Feb-02
  99:    Dec-02       Mar-02
 100:    Dec-02       Apr-02
 101:    Dec-02       May-02
 102:    Dec-02       Jun-02
 103:    Dec-02       Jul-02
 104:    Dec-02       Aug-02
 105:    Dec-02       Sep-02
 106:    Dec-02       Oct-02
 107:    Dec-02       Nov-02
 108:    Dec-02       Dec-02

Parameters:

offset - The number of positions to add to the position of each element of this Source.

Returns:

A Source that, for each element of this Source, specifies the positions of this Source that are less than or equal to the position of that element plus the offset.

cumulativeInterval

public final Source cumulativeInterval(NumberSource offset)

For each element of this Source, specifies the elements of this Source from position 1 to the position of the current element plus the value specified by offset. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and offset is a NumberSource specifying a single value.

 Source range = dp.createRangeSource(1, base.position().plus(offset));
 Source cumInterval = base.join(base.position(), range,
                                Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Because range, the comparison parameter of the join operation, has an input of base, the resulting cumInterval Source also has base as an input.

For an example, see the cumulativeInterval(int offset) method, and substitute a NumberSource specifying the number 3 for the offset in the example of that method.

Parameters:

offset - The number of positions to add to the position of each element of this Source.

Returns:

A Source that, for each element of this Source, specifies the positions of this Source that are less than or equal to the position of that element plus the offset.

distinct

public final Source distinct()

Selects all of the elements of this Source but removes any duplicated elements. This method returns a Source that has the same type as this Source, but that has no duplicate elements.

Each Source returned by this method has an associated DistinctDefinition object that contains its definition.

Returns:

A Source that has only the elements of this Source that are distinct.

eq

public final BooleanSource eq(Source rhs)

Compares the values of the elements of this Source to the values of the elements of the specified Source, and determines if they are equal. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element whose value is true when the value of a given element of this Source equals the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source or false when it does not.

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true when the value of a given element of this Source equals the value of the corresponding element of the specified Source, or false when it does not.

extract

public final Source extract()

Produces a Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an extraction input. Use this method when this Source has Source objects as its element values and you want to have access to the values of those Source objects.

For example, the following code creates a list Source, measures, that has as the values of its elements unitCost and unitPrice, which are Source objects for measures of product unit costs and prices. Both measures are dimensioned by dimensions for times and products. The timeSel object represents the time value CALENDAR::MONTH::48 and prodSel represents the product values PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::13 and PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::14. The dp object is the DataProvider.

In the example, the extract method produces an unnamed Source that has the measures Source as an extraction input. The first join method produces a Source that has prodSel as an output and has measures as an extraction input. The second join method produces a Source that has timeSel as its first output, prodSel as its second output, and measures as an extraction input. The joinHidden method matches the measures Source, which is its joined parameter, to the extraction input. That Source-to-input match provides access to the values of the Source objects that are the values of measures. The joinHidden method also matches the regular inputs of the measures to the timeSel and prodSel outputs, which specify dimension values.

 Source measures = dp.createListSource(new Source[] {unitCost, unitPrice});
 Source cube = measures.extract().join(prodSel)
                                 .join(timeSel)
                                 .joinHidden(measures);

The result of the joinHidden method is cube, which has as the values of its elements the values from the unit cost and unit price measures that are specified by its outputs, which are timeSel and prodSel. The measures Source is not an output of cube because the joinedHidden method does not make its joined parameter an output of the result.

A Cursor for cube has as its values the unit prices and unit costs that are specified by its outputs, which are ValueCursor objects for timeSel and prodSel. The following table adds column headings and formatting to the values of the Cursor and includes only the local values of the dimensions. The left column lists the month, the next column to the right lists the products, the next column lists the unit costs, and the right column lists the unit prices.

 Month  Product    Cost    Price
 -----  -------  -------  -------
   48      13    2734.99  3235.71
   48      14    2893.68  3412.86

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an extraction input.

findMatchFor

public final Source findMatchFor(Source input)

Determines if this Source or any of its outputs matches the specified Source and returns the matching Source when there is a match, or null when there is not. A match occurs when this Source or any of its outputs is the same type as, or is a supertype of, the specified Source.

Parameters:

input - The Source that you want to match to this Source or to any of its outputs.

Returns:

The matching Source when there is a match, or null when there is not.

first

public final Source first()

Specifies the element at position 1 of this Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source firstBaseElement = base.join(base.position(),
                                     dp.createConstantSource(1),
                                     Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                                     false);

Returns:

A Source that has the first element of this Source.

ge

public final BooleanSource ge(Source rhs)

Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a greater or equal value. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is greater than or equal to the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

getDataProvider

public final DataProvider getDataProvider()

Gets the DataProvider that is associated with this Source.

Returns:

The DataProvider that is associated with this Source.

getDataType

public Source getDataType()

Gets the Source that represents the OLAP API data type of this Source. A Source can have one of the following OLAP API data types:

• Boolean
• Date
• Double
• Float
• Integer
• Number, which represents any numerical data type
• Short
• String
• Value, which represents any OLAP API data type

You can get the Source for an OLAP API data type by using the getSource method of the FundamentalMetadataObject for that data type. You get the FundamentalMetadataObject by using a method of a FundamentalMetadataProvider, such as the getBooleanDataType method.

Returns:

The Source that represents the OLAP API data type of this Source.

getDefinition

public final SourceDefinition getDefinition()

Gets the SourceDefinition for this Source. The SourceDefinition has information about the Source.

Returns:

The SourceDefinition for this Source.

getExtractionInputs

public final java.util.Set getExtractionInputs()

Gets the extraction inputs of this Source object.

Returns:

A Set that contains the Source objects that are the extraction inputs of this Source.

getID

public final java.lang.String getID()

Gets a String that uniquely identifies this Source during this connection.

Specified by:

getID in interface SourceIdentifier

Returns:

A String that uniquely identifies this Source during this connection.

getInputs

public final java.util.Set getInputs()

Gets all of the inputs of this Source, both the regular inputs and the extraction inputs, if any.

Returns:

A Set that contains the Source objects that are the inputs of this Source.

getMetadataProvider

public final MetadataProvider getMetadataProvider()

Gets the MetadataProvider that provides the metadata objects for this primary Source object. Returns null for a Source that is not a primary Source.

Returns:

The MetadataProvider that provides the metadata objects for this Source object.

getMetadataProviderID

public final java.lang.String getMetadataProviderID()

Gets a String that uniquely identifies the MetadataProvider for this Source.

Specified by:

getMetadataProviderID in interface SourceIdentifier

Returns:

A String that uniquely identifies the MetadataProvider for this Source.

getModel

public Model getModel()

Gets the Model associated with this Source. If this Source does not have an associated Model, then this method returns null.

Returns:

The Model associated with this Source, or null.

getOutputs

public final java.util.List getOutputs()

Gets the outputs of this Source.

Returns:

A List that contains the Source objects that are the outputs of this Source.

getRegularInputs

public final java.util.Set getRegularInputs()

Gets the regular inputs of this Source.

Returns:

A Set that contains the Source objects that are the regular inputs of this Source.

getType

public final Source getType()

Gets the Source that is the type of this Source. To retrieve the OLAP API data type of this Source, use the getDataType method.

Returns:

The type of this Source.

gt

public final BooleanSource gt(Source rhs)

Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if the value of the element of this Source is greater than the value of the element of the other Source. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is greater than the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is greater than the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

hasValue

public final BooleanSource hasValue()

Identifies whether each element of this Source has a value and produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true when the value of the corresponding element of this Source is not null or false when the value is null.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true when the value of the corresponding element of this Source is not null or false when it is.

in

public final BooleanSource in(Source list)

Determines if any element in this Source is also an element in the specified Source. This method returns a BooleanSource that has an element with a value of true when the value of any element of this Source equals a value of an element in the specified Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 BooleanSource result = base.eq(list).forAny();

Parameters:

list - The Source that you want to compare to this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with a value of true when the value of any element in this Source is equal to the value of an element in the specified Source or false when none of the values of the elements of this Source equals the value of an element of the specified Source.

interval

public final Source interval(int bottom,
                             int top)

Selects the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top. The positions of a Source are one-based. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source range = dataProvider.createRangeSource(bottom, top);
 Source result = base.join(base.position(), range,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

bottom - The position of the first element in this Source that you want to have in the result.

top - The position of the last element in this Source that you want to have in the result.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top.

interval

public final Source interval(NumberSource bottom,
                             NumberSource top)

Selects the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top. The positions of a Source are one-based. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source range = dataProvider.createRangeSource(bottom, top);
 Source result = base.join(base.position(), range,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

bottom - The position of the first element in this Source that you want to have in the result.

top - The position of the last element in this Source that you want to have in the result.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of this Source from position bottom to position top.

isSubtypeOf

public final boolean isSubtypeOf(Source input)

Indicates whether the specified Source is a subtype of this Source.

Parameters:

input - The Source that you want to determine whether it is a subtype of this Source.

Returns:

true when the specified Source is a subtype of this Source or false when it is not.

join

public final Source join(Source joined)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and adds joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.getEmptySource(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           true);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and that has joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         double[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison double array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and doubleArray is the double array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(doubleArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of double values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         float[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison float array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and floatArray is the float array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(floatArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of float values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         int[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison int array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and intArray is the int array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(intArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of int values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         java.lang.String[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison String array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and stringArray is the String array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(stringArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of String values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         java.util.Date[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison Date array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and dateArray is the Date array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(dateArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of Date values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         short[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison short array and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and shortArray is the short array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(shortArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of short values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         boolean[] comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in the comparison boolean array and does not add joined as an output to the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and booleanArray is the boolean array that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createListSource(booleanArray),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An array of boolean values that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to a value in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         double comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison double and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and doubleValue is the double that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(doubleValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A double value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         float comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison float and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and floatValue is the float that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(floatValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A float value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         int comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison int and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and intValue is the int that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(intValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - An int value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         java.lang.String comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison String and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and stringValue is the String that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(stringValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A String value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         java.util.Date comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison Date and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and dateValue is the Date that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(dateValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A Date value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         Source comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in the comparison Source and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(joined, comparison,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - The Source that has the element or elements that you want to select from joined.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of base as determined by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         Source comparison,
                         int comparisonRule)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(joined, comparison, comparisonRule, false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - The Source that has the element or elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

comparisonRule - The rule that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison or selects only the elements of joined that are not in comparison, and whether this method sorts the selected elements in the same order of positions as in comparison or in the reverse order of those positions. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the Source.COMPARISON_RULE fields.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of base as determined by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and are selected and ordered as specified by comparisonRule, and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         Source comparison,
                         int comparisonRule,
                         boolean visible)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that are selected from joined by comparison to the elements of comparison as determined by comparisonRule, and returns a Source that has or does not have joined as an output as determined by visible. With this method and its shortcuts, you incrementally join Source objects to produce a query that specifies the data that you want to retrieve from the data store.

Because a Source with an input does not fully specify the data to retrieve from the data store, you cannot create a Cursor for a Source with an input. To produce a Source for which you can create a Cursor, you must match to the input a Source that has the elements that you want to specify.

You use this join method, or one of its shortcuts, to match a Source to an input. For a description of the concepts of type, data type, inputs, and outputs of a Source, and for detailed information about matching a Source to an input, see the Oracle OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API.

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - The Source that has the element or elements that you want to select or remove from joined or by which you want the elements of the joined Source ordered.

comparisonRule - The rule that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison or selects only the elements of joined that are not in comparison, and whether this method sorts the selected elements in the same order of positions as in comparison or in the reverse order of those positions. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the Source.COMPARISON_RULE fields.

visible - A flag that specifies whether you want joined to be an output of the returned Source. Specify true when you want joined to be an output of the returned Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of base as determined by the elements of joined as compared to the elements of comparison and selected and ordered as specified by comparisonRule, and that has or does not have joined as an output as determined by the value of visible.

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         Source comparison,
                         boolean visible)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and that has or does not have joined as an output, depending on the value of visible. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           comparison,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           visible);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - The Source that has the element or elements that you want to select from joined.

visible - A flag that specifies whether you want joined to be an output of the returned Source. Specify true when you want joined to be an output of the returned Source, or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source as specified by the elements of joined that appear in comparison and that has or does not have joined as an output as determined by the value of visible.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         short comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to the comparison short and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and shortValue is the short that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(shortValue),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A short value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined that have a value equal to comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

join

public final Source join(Source joined,
                         boolean comparison)

Selects the elements of this Source that are determined by the elements of joined that are true or false as specified by the value of the comparison boolean and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and booleanValue is the boolean that you want to use to select elements of joined.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.createConstantSource(booleanValue),
                           dp.Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - The boolean value that you want to use to select the elements of joined.

Returns:

A Source that specifies the elements of this Source as determined by the elements of joined that are specified by the value of comparison and that does not have joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

joinHidden

public final Source joinHidden(Source joined)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and does not add joined as an output of the resulting Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source result = base.join(joined,
                           dp.getEmptySource(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           false);

Parameters:

joined - The Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of joined and that has joined as an output.

See Also:

join(Source joined, Source comparison, int comparisonRule, boolean visible)

last

public final Source last()

Specifies the element at last position of this Source. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source lastBaseElement = base.join(base.position(), base.count(),
                                    Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Returns:

A Source that has the last element of this Source.

le

public final BooleanSource le(Source rhs)

Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a lesser or equal value. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is less than or equal to the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is less than or equal to the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

lt

public final BooleanSource lt(Source rhs)

Compares each element of this Source to the corresponding element of another Source and determines if it has a lesser value. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is less than the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true for each element of this Source that has a value that is less than the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, and an element with the value of false for each element of this Source that does not.

movingInterval

public final Source movingInterval(int bottom,
                                   int top)

For each element of this Source, selects the elements of this Source in the range of positions from the position of the current element plus the bottom value to the position of the current element plus the top value. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.interval(base.position().plus(bottom),
                               base.position().plus(top));

Parameters:

bottom - The offset from the position of the element of this Source of the position of the first element in the range of elements that you want to select.

top - The offset from the position of the element of this Source of the position of the last element in the range of elements that you want to select.

Returns:

A Source that has, for each element of this Source, the elements of this Source that are in the range of positions from the current position plus bottom to the current position plus top.

See Also:

interval(int bottom, int top)

movingInterval

public final Source movingInterval(NumberSource bottom,
                                   NumberSource top)

For each element of this Source, selects the elements of this Source in the range of positions from the position of the current element plus the bottom value to the position of the current element plus the top value. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.interval(base.position().plus(bottom),
                               base.position().plus(top));

Parameters:

bottom - The offset from the position of the element of this Source of the position of the first element in the range of elements that you want to select.

top - The offset from the position of the element of this Source of the position of the last element in the range of elements that you want to select.

Returns:

A Source that has, for each element of this Source, the elements of this Source that are in the range of positions from the current position plus bottom to the current position plus top.

See Also:

interval(oracle.olapi.data.source.NumberSource bottom, oracle.olapi.data.source.NumberSource top)

ne

public final BooleanSource ne(Source rhs)

Compares the values of the elements of this Source to the values of the elements of the specified Source, and determines if they are not equal. This method produces a BooleanSource that has an element whose value is true when the value of a given element of this Source is not equal to the value of the corresponding element in the specified Source, or false when it is equal

Parameters:

rhs - The Source whose elements you want to compare to the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A BooleanSource that has an element with the value of true when the value of a given element of this Source is not equal to the value of the corresponding element of the specified Source or false when it is equal.

nullSource

public final Source nullSource()

Produces a Source that has a single element with the value of null and that has the base Source as its type. You can call this method on the Source for an MdmStandardDimension, MdmTimeDimension, or MdmSubDimension, or the Source for the OLAP API data type of the appropriate MdmDimensionCalculationModel object.

You can use the Source returned by this method as the value of the assigned parameter for an assign method of a Model because its type can match the type of an input of the Model. For example, the following code assigns null as the value for any measure that has Number values and is dimensioned by the specified members of the Product dimension. In the example, unitCost and unitPrice are the Source objects for the Unit Cost and Unit Price measures, prodRollup is the Source for the Product Rollup hierarchy of the Product dimension, prodSel specifies three members of that hierarchy, timeSel specifies one member of the Time dimension, and mdmProdDimNumCalcModel and mdmProdDimStringCalcModel are the MdmDimensionCalculationModel objects of the Product dimension for the Number and String OLAP API data types.

 Source costs = unitCost.join(prodSel).join(timeSel);
 Source prices = unitPrice.join(prodSel).join(timeSel);
 // Prepare and commit the current Transaction and create Cursor objects 
 // for costs and prices. 

 mdmProdDimNumCalcModel.assign("PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::13",
                                prodRollup.nullSource());

 mdmProdDimNumCalcModel.assign("PRODUCT_ROLLUP::ITEM::14",
       mdmProdDimStringCalcModel.getDataType().getSource().nullSource());

 Source costsWithAssignedVal = unitCost.join(prodSel).join(timeSel);
 Source pricesWithAssignedVal = unitPrice.join(prodSel).join(timeSel);

The following table displays the values of Cursor objects for costs and prices. The table has only the local value of the dimension members, and has headings and formatting added.

 Month    Item    Cost      Price
 -----    ----   -------   -------
  58       13    2360.78   2412.42
  58       14    2952.85   3107.65
  58       15    2874.27   3026.12

The next table displays the values of Cursor objects for costsWithAssignedVal and pricesWithAssignedVal.

 Month    Item    Cost      Price
 -----    ----   -------   -------
  58       13      NA        NA
  58       14      NA        NA
  58       15    2874.27   3026.12

Returns:

A Source that has an element with the value of null and the base Source as its type.

offset

public final Source offset(int offset)

For each element of this Source, selects the element of this Source that is the specified number of positions away from it. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.position(),
                           base.position().plus(offset),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

For example, assume that this Source is named month and that its element values are the months for the year 2000 with 2000-01 as the value of the first element. When you call this method of the month object with an offset of 4, the value of first element of the resulting Source is 2000-05 and the resulting Source has a type of month and an input of month.

Parameters:

offset - The number of positions away (plus or minus) from an element of this Source that is the position of the element of this Source that you want to select.

Returns:

A Source whose elements are selected from the elements of this Source by identifying the position of each element in this Source and selecting the element whose position is the specified number of places (the offset) away.

offset

public final Source offset(NumberSource offset)

For each element of this Source, selects the element of this Source that is the specified number of positions away from it. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.position(),
                           base.position().plus(offset),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

For example, assume that this Source is named month and that its element values are the months for the year 2000 with 2000-01 as the value of the first element. When you call this method of the month object with an offset of 4, the value of first element of the resulting Source is 2000-05 and the resulting Source has a type of month and an input of month.

Parameters:

offset - The number of positions away (plus or minus) from an element of this Source that is the position of the element of this Source that you want to select.

Returns:

A Source whose elements are selected from the elements of this Source by identifying the position of each element in this Source and selecting the element whose position is the specified number of places (the offset) away.

position

public final NumberSource position()

Produces a NumberSource that has an ordinal integer value for the position of each element of this Source and that has this Source as a regular input.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source.

position

public final NumberSource position(boolean zeroBased)

Produces a NumberSource that has an ordinal integer value for the position of each element of this Source and that has this Source as a regular input. The position values are zero-based if zeroBased is true or one-based if zeroBased is false.

Parameters:

zeroBased - A boolean that specifies whether you want the position values to be zero-based or one-based.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source.

positionOfValue

public final NumberSource positionOfValue(Source value)

Produces a NumberSource that has the position of the element of this Source that has the value that is specified by value. Use this method for a Source that has Source objects as its element values.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and value is the Source whose position you want to determine.

 NumberSource result = base.position()
                           .join(base, value,
                                 COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

value - A Source that is the value of the element of this Source whose position you want to know.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has the integer value of the position of the element of this Source that is specified by value. When this Source does not have an element that has the specified value, this method returns an empty NumberSource.

positionOfValues

public final NumberSource positionOfValues(Source[] values)

Produces a NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the Source objects that are specified by values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and values is an array of Source objects.

 NumberSource result = base.position()
                           .join(base, values,
                                 COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

values - A Source that has the values of the elements of this Source whose positions you want to know.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the values specified by values. When this Source does not have any elements that have the specified values, this method returns an empty NumberSource.

positionOfValues

public final NumberSource positionOfValues(Source values)

Produces a NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the values that are specified by values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and values is a Source that has the values to select.

 NumberSource result = base.position()
                           .join(base, values,
                                 COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT, false);

Parameters:

values - A Source that has the values of the elements of this Source whose positions you want to know.

Returns:

A NumberSource that has the positions of the elements of this Source that have the values specified by values. When this Source does not have any elements that have the specified values, this method returns an empty NumberSource.

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  Source comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule,
                                  boolean parentsFirst,
                                  boolean parentsRestrictedToBase,
                                  int maxIterations,
                                  boolean visible)

Selects the parent and child elements of this Source that are determined by the joined, comparison, and comparisonRule parameters and orders the elements hierarchically. The order of the elements is specified by comparisonRule and parentsFirst.

This Source must be the Source for an MdmHierarchy or a subtype of that Source. The joined Source must have as an input the Source for the dimension of which the hierarchy is a component. For example, SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP is a hierarchy of the CUSTOMER dimension. If this Source is a selection of elements derived from the hierarchy, then the joined Source must have as an input the Source for the CUSTOMER dimension. The joined Source could be the Source for a MdmMeasure or an MdmAttribute that has the dimension as an input, or the Source returned by the value method of the Source for the dimension.

The parents of the elements of this Source are identified by the parent parameter. The comparisonRule value specifies the order of the elements within a level. The parentsFirst value specifies whether a parent appears before or after its child elements.

For a Source that is a subtype of the hierarchy, the parentsRestrictedToBase parameter specifies how this method handles the hierarchical ordering of an element of this Source when the parent of that element is not an element of this Source. If an element of this Source is selected by this method and the parent of that element is not in this Source and if parentsRestrictedToBase is true, then this method puts the child element under the element of this Source that is the closest ancestor of the child element. If parentsRestrictedToBase is false, then this method puts the child element uses the missing parent in ordering the elements of the hierarchy even though the missing parent does not appear in the result.

This method does not add the joined Source as an output, so the value of the visible parameter is always false.

The following example creates a Source that specifies a parent element and its children, and includes the descriptions of the values of the elements from the value description attribute. The example uses the following Source objects:

• parentValue, which represents an element of the SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP hierarchy of the CUSTOMER dimension that has children.
• shipmentsRollup, which represents the hierarchy.
• custDim, which represents the dimension.
• shipRollupParentAttr, which represents the parent attribute for the hierarchy.
• custValDescAttr, which represents the value description attribute for the dimension.

The comparisonRule value specifies that the elements of the resulting Source are selected from elements of shipmentsRollup that are in custDim and have parentValue as their parent. The parentsFirst and parentsRestrictedToBase values are both true. The maxIterations value is 5, although this method currently ignores this parameter. The visible value is false, which is currently always the value that this method uses for this parameter.

 Source parentValue = 
            shipmentsRollup.selectValue("SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::WAREHOUSE::17");

 Source parentAndChildren =
            shipmentsRollup.recursiveJoin(custDim.value(),
                                          parentValue,
                                          shipRollupParentAttr,
                                          Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                                          true,
                                          true,
                                          5,
                                          false);
 Source parentAndChildrenWithDescr = 
                                custValDescAttr.join(parentAndChildren);

A Cursor for parentAndChildrenWithDescr has the following values.

 SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::WAREHOUSE::17, Japan
 SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::SHIP_TO::58, Computer Services Tokyo
 SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::SHIP_TO::76, KOSH Entrpr Tokyo
 SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::SHIP_TO::84, Ministry of Intl. Trad Nagano
 SHIPMENTS_ROLLUP::SHIP_TO::85, Ministry of Intl. Trad Nagoya

To see the complete code for the example, and for examples of other signatures of recursiveJoin and of some of the related methods such as selectDescendants and sortDescendingHierarchically, see RecursiveJoinAndShortcutsExamples.java. For examples from Oracle OLAP Developer's Guide to the OLAP API that use recursiveJoin, see Example 7-11, Hierarchical Sorting by Measure Value, in MakingQueriesExamples.java, and Example 7-7, Sorting Products Hierarchically by Color, in SortingHierarchicallyByAttribute.java.

Parameters:

joined - A Source that has as an input the dimension of which the hierarchy that this Source represents is a component.

comparison - A Source that has the parent or parents that you want to select, along with their children, from this Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects the elements of this Source that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, and orders them as specified, or whether it selects the elements of this Source that are not in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is not in comparison. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

parentsFirst - A boolean that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A boolean that specifies whether to associate with the closest parent value the children in the result that do not have a parent in this Source.

maxIterations - The maximum number of levels of the hierarchy that this method traverses. This method does not currently use this parameter.

visible - Always false. A recursive join does not add joined as an output of the result.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy.

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  Source comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule,
                                  boolean parentsFirst,
                                  boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is currently the same as recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase, int maxIterations, boolean visible).

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A Source that has the elements that you want to select or remove from joined, or that has elements with values that specify parents or ancestors of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result when comparisonRule specifies sorting in ascending or descending order. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A flag that specifies whether to restrict the parents in the hierarchy to those that are in this Source. Specify true when you want to restrict the parents to the elements of this Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase, int maxIterations, boolean visible)

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  java.lang.String comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule,
                                  boolean parentsFirst,
                                  boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is the same as recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) except that the value of comparison is a String instead of a Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A String that specifies the value of the element that you want to select or remove from joined or that specifies the parent or ancestor of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result when comparisonRule specifies sorting in ascending or descending order. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A flag that specifies whether to restrict the parents in the hierarchy to those that are in this Source. Specify true when you want to restrict the parents to the elements of this Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  java.lang.String[] comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule,
                                  boolean parentsFirst,
                                  boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is the same as recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) except that the value of comparison is a String array instead of a Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A String array that specifies the values of the elements that you want to select or remove from joined or that specifies the parents or ancestors of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result when comparisonRule specifies sorting in ascending or descending order. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A flag that specifies whether to restrict the parents in the hierarchy to those that are in this Source. Specify true when you want to restrict the parents to the elements of this Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  Source comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is the same as the recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase) method except that the parentsFirst, and parentsRestrictedToBase parameters are set to default values. You can discover the default values by calling methods on the RecursiveJoinDefinition returned by the getDefinition method of the Source returned by this method.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A Source that has the elements that you want to select or remove from joined, or that has elements with values that specify parents or ancestors of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  java.lang.String comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is the same as the recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule) method except that comparison is a String instead of a Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A String that specifies the value of the element that you want to select or remove from joined, or that specifies the parent or ancestor of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule)

recursiveJoin

public final Source recursiveJoin(Source joined,
                                  java.lang.String[] comparison,
                                  Source parent,
                                  int comparisonRule)

Selects the specified elements of this Source and orders them hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

This method is the same as the recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule) method except that the value of comparison is a String array instead of a Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

comparison - A String array that specifies the values of the elements that you want to select or remove from joined, or that specifies the parents or ancestors of elements that you want to select or remove from joined.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

comparisonRule - A constant that specifies whether this method selects from joined only the elements of joined that are in comparison, or that have a parent or ancestor that is in comparison, or selects only the elements of joined that are not in, or whose parent or ancestor is not in, comparison, and whether this method sorts the children of a parent in ascending or descending order. Specify a value for this parameter using one of the COMPARISON_RULE fields.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule)

remove

public final Source remove(BooleanSource filter)

Removes the elements of this Source for which the corresponding element of the specified BooleanSource has a value of true. For a base Source that has String values, this method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and someString is a String that is present in base.

 Source filter = ((StringSource) base.value()).like(someString);
 Source result = base.join(filter,
                           dp.createConstantSource(true),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           false);

Parameters:

filter - A BooleanSource whose values are true for the elements of this Source that you do not want to have in the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source for which the value of the elements of filter is false.

removeValue

public final Source removeValue(Source value)

Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified value. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           dp.createConstantSource(value),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           false);

Parameters:

values - A Source whose elements have the values that you do not want the resulting Source to have.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source except for the elements specified by value.

removeValues

public final Source removeValues(Source[] values)

Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified Source objects. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and values is an array of Source objects.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           values,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           false);

Parameters:

values - An array of Source objects that you do not want to have in the resulting Source.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source except for the elements specified by values.

removeValues

public final Source removeValues(Source values)

Removes the elements of this Source that have the specified values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           values,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_REMOVE,
                           false);

Parameters:

values - A Source whose elements have the values that you do not want to have in the resulting Source.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source except for the elements specified by values.

select

public final Source select(BooleanSource filter)

Selects the elements of this Source for which the corresponding element of the specified BooleanSource has a value of true. For a base Source that has String values, this method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source, dp is the DataProvider, and someString is a String that is present in base.

 Source filter = ((StringSource) base.value()).like(someString);
 Source result = base.join(filter,
                           dp.createConstantSource(true),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

filter - A BooleanSource whose values are true for the elements of this Source that you want to have in the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source for which the value of the elements of filter is true.

selectDescendants

public final Source selectDescendants(Source comparison,
                                      Source parent)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by comparison and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

comparison - A Source that has the element or elements that you want to select from this Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents.

selectValue

public final Source selectValue(Source value)

Selects the element of this Source that has the specified Source as its value. Use this method only with a Source that has Source objects as its element values.

This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source and dp is the DataProvider.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           dp.createConstantSource(value),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

value - The Source that you want to select from this Source</CODE.

Returns:

The Source that is the value of an element of this Source and that is specified by value .

selectValues

public final Source selectValues(Source[] values)

Selects the elements of this Source that have the specified values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           values,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

values - An array of Source objects that you want to have as the values of the elements of the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has all of the elements of this Source that have the specified values.

selectValues

public final Source selectValues(Source values)

Selects the elements of this Source that have the specified values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           values,
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
                           false);

Parameters:

values - A Source that has elements of this Source that you want to have in the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that have the specified values.

sortAscending

public final Source sortAscending()

Sorts the elements of this Source in the ascending order of their data type. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           base.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING,
                           false);

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source sorted in ascending order by value.

sortAscending

public final Source sortAscending(Source sortValue)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the ascending order of the sortValue data type. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING,
                           false);

Parameters:

sortValue - A Source whose elements, sorted in ascending order by value, you want to use to select the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are selected by the sorted elements of the specified Source.

sortAscending

public final Source sortAscending(Source sortValue,
                                  boolean nullsFirst)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the ascending order of the sortValue data type. If the value of the specified boolean is true, then elements that have a null value appear first. If the value of the boolean is false, then elements that have a null value appear last. This method is equivalent to one of the following, where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_FIRST,
                           false);

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_ASCENDING_NULLS_LAST,
                           false);

Parameters:

sortValue - A Source whose elements, sorted in ascending order by value, you want to use to select the elements of this Source.

nullsFirst - A boolean that specifies whether elements with a null value appear first or last.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are selected by the sorted elements of the specified Source with the position of null values as specified by nullsFirst.

sortAscendingHierarchically

public final Source sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined,
                                                Source parent,
                                                boolean parentsFirst,
                                                boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A flag that specifies whether to restrict the parents in the hierarchy to those that are in this Source. Specify true when you want to restrict the parents to the elements of this Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in ascending order.

sortAscendingHierarchically

public final Source sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined,
                                                Source parent)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order with the parents appearing before their children. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in ascending order.

See Also:

sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortAscendingHierarchically

public final Source sortAscendingHierarchically(Source parent,
                                                boolean parentsFirst)

Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in ascending order.

See Also:

sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortAscendingHierarchically

public final Source sortAscendingHierarchically(Source parent)

Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in ascending order with the parents appearing before the children in the result. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in ascending order.

See Also:

sortAscendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortDescending

public final Source sortDescending()

Sorts the elements of this Source in the descending order of their values. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(base.value(),
                           base.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING,
                           false);

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source sorted in descending order by value.

sortDescending

public final Source sortDescending(Source sortValue)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the descending order of the sortValue data type. This method is equivalent to the following code where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING,
                           false);

Parameters:

sortValue - A Source whose elements, sorted in descending order by value, you want to use to select the elements of this Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are selected by the sorted elements of the specified Source.

sortDescending

public final Source sortDescending(Source sortValue,
                                   boolean nullsFirst)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by the elements of sortValue, and orders them in the descending order of the sortValue data type. If the value of the specified boolean is true, then elements that have a null value appear first. If the value of the boolean is false, then elements that have a null value appear last. This method is equivalent to one of the following, where base is this Source.

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_FIRST,
                           false);

 Source result = base.join(sortValue,
                           sortValue.getDataType(),
                           Source.COMPARISON_RULE_DESCENDING_NULLS_LAST,
                           false);

Parameters:

sortValue - A Source whose elements, sorted in ascending order by value, you want to use to select the elements of this Source.

nullsFirst - A boolean that specifies whether elements with a null value appear first or last.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source that are selected by the sorted elements of the specified Source with the position of null values as specified by nullsFirst.

sortDescendingHierarchically

public final Source sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined,
                                                 Source parent,
                                                 boolean parentsFirst,
                                                 boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

parentsRestrictedToBase - A flag that specifies whether to restrict the parents in the hierarchy to those that are in this Source. Specify true when you want to restrict the parents to the elements of this Source or false when you do not.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in descending order.

See Also:

recursiveJoin(Source joined, Source comparison, Source parent, int comparisonRule, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortDescendingHierarchically

public final Source sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined,
                                                 Source parent)

Selects the elements of this Source that are specified by joined and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order with the parents appearing before their children. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

joined - A Source whose elements specify the elements of this Source that appear in the resulting Source.

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in descending order.

See Also:

sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortDescendingHierarchically

public final Source sortDescendingHierarchically(Source parent,
                                                 boolean parentsFirst)

Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

parentsFirst - A flag that specifies whether parents appear before or after their children in the result. Specify true when you want parents to appear before their children or false when you want parents to appear after their children.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in descending order.

See Also:

sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

sortDescendingHierarchically

public final Source sortDescendingHierarchically(Source parent)

Selects the elements of this Source and the descendants of those elements in the hierarchy that this Source represents and sorts the children of the parents in descending order with the parents appearing before the children in the result. The parents are restricted to the elements of this Source. Use this method only with the Source for an MdmHierarchy or on a subtype of such a Source.

The Source returned by this method has an associated RecursiveJoinDefinition that contains information about the Source.

Parameters:

parent - The Source, or a subtype of the Source, for the MdmAttribute returned by the getParentAttribute method of the MdmHierarchy for the hierarchy that this Source represents, or of which it is a subtype.

Returns:

A Source that has the specified elements of this Source ordered hierarchically by the parents and their children in the hierarchy that this Source represents and with the children in descending order.

See Also:

sortDescendingHierarchically(Source joined, Source parent, boolean parentsFirst, boolean parentsRestrictedToBase)

toDoubleSource

public final NumberSource toDoubleSource()

Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java double data type.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source, but whose type is the fundamental Double Source.

toFloatSource

public final NumberSource toFloatSource()

Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java float data type.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source, but whose type Float Source.

toIntegerSource

public final NumberSource toIntegerSource()

Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java int data type.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source, but whose type is the fundamental Integer Source.

toShortSource

public final NumberSource toShortSource()

Converts the values of the elements of this Source to the Java short data type.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source, but whose type is the fundamental Short Source.

toStringSource

public StringSource toStringSource()

Converts the values of the elements of this Source to Java String objects.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source, but whose type is the fundamental String Source.

value

public final Source value()

Produces a Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an input. Use this method when you want to produce a Source that has a subset of the elements of the Source on which you call it. For examples, see the selectValues and removeValues methods.

Returns:

A Source that has the elements of this Source and that has this Source as an input.

value

public final Source value(Source input)

Produces a Source that has the same elements as this Source and that has the specified Source as an input.

Parameters:

input - The Source that you want as an input to the returned Source.

Returns:

A Source that has the same elements as this Source and that has the specified Source as an input.