branch-1.2/ambari-server/src/main/java/org/apache/ambari/server/controller/spi/Schema.java

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package org.apache.ambari.server.controller.spi;


/**
 * The schema is used to describe all of the properties that a resource type
 * supports.
 */
public interface Schema {

  /**
   * Get the property id for the property that uniquely identifies
   * the given resource type for the resource described by this schema.
   * </p>
   * For example, the resource 'HostComponent' is uniquely identified by
   * its associated 'Cluster', 'Host' and 'Component' resources.  Passing
   * the 'Host' resource type to this method on a schema object of a 'HostComponent'
   * resource will return the id of the property of the foreign key reference from
   * the 'HostComponent' to the 'Host'.
   *
   * @param type the resource type
   * @return the key property id for the given resource type
   */
  public String getKeyPropertyId(Resource.Type type);
  }