001/* 002// $Id: CellSetAxisMetaData.java 482 2012-01-05 23:27:27Z jhyde $ 003// 004// Licensed to Julian Hyde under one or more contributor license 005// agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 006// additional information regarding copyright ownership. 007// 008// Julian Hyde licenses this file to you under the Apache License, 009// Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in 010// compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: 011// 012// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 013// 014// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 015// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 016// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 017// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 018// limitations under the License. 019*/ 020package org.olap4j; 021 022import org.olap4j.metadata.*; 023 024import java.util.List; 025 026/** 027 * Description of structure of a particular axis of an {@link CellSet}. 028 * 029 * <p>For example, in the MDX statement</p> 030 * 031 * <blockquote> 032 * <pre> 033 * SELECT 034 * {[Measures].Members} ON COLUMNS, 035 * CrossJoin([Store].Members, [Gender].Children) 036 * DIMENSION PROPERTIES 037 * MEMBER_ORDINAL, 038 * MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME, 039 * DISPLAY_INFO ON ROWS 040 * FROM [Sales] 041 * </pre> 042 * </blockquote> 043 * 044 * <p>the ROWS axis is described by the following metadata:</p> 045 * 046 * <table border="1"> 047 * <tr> 048 * <th>Attribute</th> 049 * <th>Value</th> 050 * </tr> 051 * <tr> 052 * <td>hierarchies</td> 053 * <td>{[Store], [Gender]}</td> 054 * </tr> 055 * <tr> 056 * <td>properties</td> 057 * <td>{MEMBER_ORDINAL, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME, DISPLAY_INFO}</td> 058 * </tr> 059 * </table> 060 * 061 * @author jhyde 062 * @version $Id: CellSetAxisMetaData.java 482 2012-01-05 23:27:27Z jhyde $ 063 * @since Oct 23, 2006 064 */ 065public interface CellSetAxisMetaData { 066 /** 067 * Returns the definition of the axis. Typical values are 068 * ({@link Axis#FILTER}, {@link Axis#COLUMNS}, {@link Axis#ROWS}, and so 069 * forth.) 070 * 071 * @return the Axis 072 */ 073 Axis getAxisOrdinal(); 074 075 /** 076 * Returns the hierarchies which are mapped onto this axis. 077 * 078 * @return list of hierarchies on this Axis 079 */ 080 List<Hierarchy> getHierarchies(); 081 082 /** 083 * Returns the member properties which are returned on this axis. 084 * 085 * <p>This method does not return a {@link NamedList} because the names of 086 * the properties are not necessarily unique; for example, there might be 087 * two hierarchies on the axis, each of which returns the DISPLAY_INFO 088 * property.</p> 089 * 090 * @return list of member properties on this Axis 091 */ 092 List<Property> getProperties(); 093} 094 095// End CellSetAxisMetaData.java