org.sixdml
Interface SixdmlDatabase

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable, Database

All Known Implementing Classes:

xiSixdmlDatabase

public interface SixdmlDatabase

extends Database

 SixdmlDatabase.java

 This is an encapsulation of the database driver functionality that is necessary 
 to access an XML database that understands SiXDML.

 Created: Thu Jan 10 17:46:25 2002
 

Version:

1.0

Author:

Dare Obasanjo

Method Summary

Resource	getResource(String name, String username, String password) Gets the specified resource from the database.
Service	getService(String name, String version) Returns a Service instance for the requested service name and version.
Service[]	getServices() Provides a list of all services known to the collection.

Methods inherited from interface org.xmldb.api.base.Database

acceptsURI, getCollection, getConformanceLevel, getName

Methods inherited from interface org.xmldb.api.base.Configurable

getProperty, setProperty

Method Detail

getResource

public Resource getResource(String name,
                            String username,
                            String password)
                     throws XMLDBException

Gets the specified resource from the database.

Parameters:

name - the resource to obtain.

username - The username to use for authentication to the database or null if the database does not support authentication.

password - The password to use for authentication to the database or null if the database does not support authentication.

Returns:

the requested resource.

getServices

public Service[] getServices()
                      throws XMLDBException

Provides a list of all services known to the collection. If no services are known an empty list is returned.

Returns:

An array of registered Service implementations.

Throws:

XMLDBException - if an error occurs.

getService

public Service getService(String name,
                          String version)
                   throws XMLDBException

Returns a Service instance for the requested service name and version. If no Service exists for those parameters a null value is returned. The only valid name and version number for this implementation are "XSLT" and "1.0" respectively.

Parameters:

name - the name of the service to return.

version - the version number of the service to return.

Throws:

XMLDBException - if an error occurs.