Package com.invirgance.convirgance.olap

Class Dimension

java.lang.Object

com.invirgance.convirgance.olap.Dimension

public class Dimension
extends Object

Provides support for qualitative descriptions of data.

Author:

jbanes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Dimension()	Initializes an empty Dimension with no assigned attributes.
Dimension(String name, Table table, String column)	Constructs a Dimension with a specified name, associated database table, and column.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getColumn()	Returns the column representing this dimension.
String	getName()	Returns the name of the dimension.
Star	getStar()	Returns the star schema associated with this dimension.
Table	getTable()	Returns the database table associated with this dimension.
void	setColumn(String column)	Sets the column associated with this dimension.
void	setName(String name)	Sets the name of this Dimension.
void	setTable(Table table)	Assigns a new table to this dimension.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Dimension

public Dimension()

Initializes an empty Dimension with no assigned attributes.

Dimension

public Dimension(String name,
 Table table,
 String column)

Constructs a Dimension with a specified name, associated database table, and column.

Parameters:

name - The name of the Dimension (e.g. "Region", "Item Category").

table - The database table containing the dimension data.

column - The column in the database table that represents the dimension.

Method Details

getStar

public Star getStar()

Returns the star schema associated with this dimension.

Returns:

the Star schema assigned to the dimension.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the dimension.

Returns:

the name of the Dimension as a String.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this Dimension.

Parameters:

name - the new name as a String.

getTable

public Table getTable()

Returns the database table associated with this dimension.

Returns:

the Table object associated with this dimension.

setTable

public void setTable(Table table)

Assigns a new table to this dimension.

Parameters:

table - the Table object containing the dimension data.

getColumn

public String getColumn()

Returns the column representing this dimension.

Returns:

the Column object representing the dimension.

setColumn

public void setColumn(String column)

Sets the column associated with this dimension.

Parameters:

column - the Column object associated with the dimension.