org.tm4j.topicmap .TopicMapProvider

Interface implemented by an object which wishes to be the source of a TopicMap object.

Field Summary
DEFAULT_OPT_MAKE_CONSISTENT
DEFAULT_OPT_MERGE_REFS
DEFAULT_OPT_NAME_MERGE
DEFAULT_OPT_STATIC_MERGE
OPT_MAKE_CONSISTENT	Provider option to automatically make the topic map XTM consistent after import from a TopicMapSource.
OPT_MERGE_REFS	Provider option to automatically attempt to retrieve and merge in topic maps referenced from mergeMap elements and by external topic references after parsing from a TopicMapSource.
OPT_NAME_MERGE	Provider option to create topic maps in which merges are performed based on scoped name.
OPT_STATIC_MERGE	Provider option to create topic maps in which merges are static.

Method Summary
TopicMap	addTopicMap(java.io.InputStream src,org.tm4j.net.Locator baseLocator,org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap existingTopicMap) Imports a topic map in XTM syntax into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider
TopicMap	addTopicMap(java.io.InputStream src,org.tm4j.net.Locator baseLocator,org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap existingTopicMap,org.tm4j.topicmap.Topic[] addedThemes) Imports a topic map in into the data store using the XTMBuilder class to parse the input stream.
TopicMap	addTopicMap(java.io.InputStream src,org.tm4j.net.Locator baseLocator,org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap existingTopicMap,org.tm4j.topicmap.utils.TopicMapBuilder builder) Imports a topic map into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider using the specified builder to parse the input stream.
TopicMap	addTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.source.TopicMapSource source) Imports a topic map into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider from the specified TopicMapSource
TopicMap	addTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.source.TopicMapSource source,org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap existing) Imports a topic map into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider from the specified TopicMapSource
TopicMap	addTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.source.TopicMapSource source,org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap existing,org.tm4j.topicmap.Topic[] addedThemes) Imports a topic map into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider from the specified TopicMapSource
TopicMap	addTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.source.TopicMapSource source,org.tm4j.topicmap.Topic[] addedThemes) Imports a topic map into the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider from the specified TopicMapSource
void	close() Closes the provider.
TopicMap	createTopicMap(org.tm4j.net.Locator baseLocator) Creates a new topic map for this provider.
org.tm4j.net.LocatorFactory	getLocatorFactory() Returns the object which may be used to create locator objects in the data store managed by this TopicMapProvider.
ProviderTransaction	getOpenTransaction() Returns the current open transaction
TopicMap	getTopicMap(org.tm4j.net.Locator baseLocator) Returns the topic map provided by this object who's base address is specified by `baseLocator`.
java.util.Collection	getTopicMapBaseLocators() Returns a collection containing the base Locator of each of the topic maps provided by this TopicMapProvider.
org.tm4j.topicmap.utils.TopicMapBuilder	getTopicMapBuilder(java.lang.String notation) Returns a TopicMapBuilder for building topic maps for the specified notation.
void	init(java.util.Properties props) Sets the runtime properties defined for this TopicMapProvider.
void	isTransactionOpen() Indicates whether or not this provider has a transaction currently open
void	isTransactional() Indicates whether or not this provider supports transactions.
void	mergeTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap baseTopicMap,org.tm4j.net.Locator externalTopicMap,org.tm4j.topicmap.Topic[] addedThemes) Merges the topic map from the resource `externalTopicMap` into the topic map `baseTopicMap`.
ProviderTransaction	openTransaction() Opens a new transaction
void	removeTopicMap(org.tm4j.topicmap.TopicMap tm) Removes the specified topic map from this Provider.
void	supportsTopicMapNotation(java.lang.String notation) Returns true if `notation` names a topic map notation that can be parsed by this provider.