DataObject

Class DataObject

Namespace: DataWarehouseAutomation.DwaModel
Assembly: DataWarehouseAutomation.dll

The definition of a data set, file, or table. The Data Object can be the ‘source’ or ‘target’ in a . A Data Object which acts as target in one mapping, can be a source in another mapping, building up the data logistics lineage.

public class DataObject : IMetadata, IDataObject

Inheritance

object ← DataObject

Implements

IMetadata, IDataObject

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object?), object.Equals(object?, object?), object.GetHashCode(), object.GetType(), object.MemberwiseClone(), object.ReferenceEquals(object?, object?), object.ToString()

Properties

BusinessKeyDefinitions

The definition of the Business Key(s) for the Data Object. Being able to record the business key definition This serves multiple purposes, but one of them is to support defining a series of business key definitions against the source data object, and reuse these across different data object mappings. The order is stored as well, because in some cases the order of keys is meaningful.

[JsonPropertyName("businessKeyDefinitions")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public List<(int OrdinalPosition, BusinessKeyDefinition)>? BusinessKeyDefinitions { get; set; }

Property Value

List<(int OrdinalPosition, BusinessKeyDefinition)>?

Classifications

Free-form and optional classification for the Data Object.

[JsonPropertyName("classifications")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public List<DataClassification>? Classifications { get; set; }

Property Value

List<DataClassification>?

DataConnection

The connection information associated to the Data Object.

[JsonPropertyName("dataConnection")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public DataConnection? DataConnection { get; set; }

Property Value

DataConnection?

DataItems

The collection of Data Items associated with this Data Object.

[JsonPropertyName("dataItems")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public List<IDataItem>? DataItems { get; set; }

Property Value

List<IDataItem>?

Extensions

The collection of extension Key/Value pairs.

[JsonPropertyName("extensions")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public List<Extension>? Extensions { get; set; }

Property Value

List<Extension>?

Id

An optional identifier for the Data Object.

[JsonPropertyName("id")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public string? Id { get; set; }

Property Value

string?

Name

The mandatory name of the Data Object.

[JsonPropertyName("name")]
public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

string

Notes

Free-format notes.

[JsonPropertyName("notes")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public string? Notes { get; set; }

Property Value

string?

Relationships

Any relationship to other data objects.

[JsonPropertyName("relationships")]
[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingDefault)]
public List<(int OrdinalPosition, Relationship)>? Relationships { get; set; }

Property Value

List<(int OrdinalPosition, Relationship)>?

Methods

Equals(object?)

Use this method to assert if two Data Objects are the same, based on their Ids.

public override bool Equals(object? obj)

Parameters

obj object?

Returns

bool

True if the Data Objects are the same, based on their Ids

GetHashCode()

Override to get a hash value that represents the identifier.

public override int GetHashCode()

Returns

int

A 32-bit signed integer hash code

ToString()

String override so that the object returns its value (‘name’). When an instance of this class is passed to a method that expects a string, the ToString() method will be called implicitly to convert the object to a string, and the value of the “Name” property will be returned.

public override string ToString()

Returns

string

The Name