Package com.appliedolap.essbase

Interface EssApplicationVariable

All Superinterfaces:

EssObject, EssVariable

All Known Subinterfaces:

EssCubeVariable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EssApplicationVariableImpl, EssCubeVariableImpl

public interface EssApplicationVariable
extends EssObject, EssVariable

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.appliedolap.essbase.EssObject

EssObject.Type

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.appliedolap.essbase.EssVariable

EssVariable.Scope

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EssApplication	getApplication()	Gets the owning application for this variable.
EssVariable.Scope	getScope()	Gets the scope of this variable.

Methods inherited from interface com.appliedolap.essbase.EssVariable

delete, getName, getType, getValue

Method Details

getScope

EssVariable.Scope getScope()

Gets the scope of this variable. For this type of object the scope will always be at least to the application level but if using this instance via the EssVariableImpl interface, callers may need/want to check the scope and cast to EssVariable.Scope.CUBE (or application scope) as needed, if necessary to get a reference to the owning cube/application.

Specified by:

getScope in interface EssVariable

Returns:

the scope of this variable

getApplication

EssApplication getApplication()

Gets the owning application for this variable.

Returns:

the application this variable is associated with