org.devaki.nextobjects.util
Class MeriseTransform

java.lang.Object
  org.devaki.nextobjects.util.MeriseTransform

public final class MeriseTransform

extends java.lang.Object

The class responsible of all the CDM2PDM work.

Author:

Emmanuel Florent, gregorybr@users.sourceforge.net

See Also:

http://www.devaki.org/transformation.html

Method Summary

static PhysicalModel	cdm2pdm(ConceptualModel pConceptualModel) Generate a PDM from the current CDM *
static int	getCardType(Association theAssociation) return the type of the relation (11,1N,1N) so we know wich Merise rule to apply for a given association (cardinalities) card_is 01 11 0N 1N (right) is_card -------------------------------- 01 | 11 11 1N 1N 11 | 11 11 1N 1N 0N | 1N 1N NM NM 1N | 1N 1N NM NM (left)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

cdm2pdm

public static PhysicalModel cdm2pdm(ConceptualModel pConceptualModel)

Generate a PDM from the current CDM *

Parameters:

pConceptualModel - the context model

Returns:

the physical model

getCardType

public static int getCardType(Association theAssociation)

return the type of the relation (11,1N,1N) so we know wich Merise rule to apply for a given association (cardinalities) card_is 01 11 0N 1N (right) is_card -------------------------------- 01 | 11 11 1N 1N 11 | 11 11 1N 1N 0N | 1N 1N NM NM 1N | 1N 1N NM NM (left)

Parameters:

theAssociation - the association to indentify

Returns:

the card type