001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2003 Daffodil Software Ltd all rights reserved,
003     * Modifications Copyright (c) 2008 Regiscope Digital Imaging Co, LLC, All rights reserved.
004     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
005     * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
006     * published by the Free Software Foundation.
007     * There are special exceptions to the terms and conditions of the GPL
008     * as it is applied to this software. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
009     *
010     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
013     * GNU General Public License for more details.
014     *
015     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
016     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
017     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
018     */
019    
020    package org.dbreplicator.replication;
021    
022    /**
023     * _Publication is an interface implemented by Publication class.
024     * It holds abstraction of all the relevant methods, needed for the completion of
025     * creating publication. It holds the abstraction of the methods which set the
026     * publication parameters as well as which create Replication system tables
027     * (and triggers) for storing publication information and needed for replication.
028     * This Interface actually is the bound over the user's access on the methods of
029     * the publication class , as the user can access only those methods which are
030     * declared here.
031     *
032     */
033    
034    public interface _Publication {
035    
036        final static String subscriber_wins = "subscriber_wins";
037        final static String publisher_wins = "publisher_wins";
038    
039        //Delete all entries from shadow table and delete the xml file
040        static boolean xmlAndShadow_entries = true;
041        void setConflictResolver(String conflictReolver0) throws RepException;
042    
043        void setFilter(String tableName0, String filterClause0) throws RepException;
044    
045       void setFilter(String tableName0, String filterClause0,int paramCount) throws RepException;
046    
047       void setCreateShadowTable(String tableName0,boolean createShadowTable)throws RepException;
048    
049       void publish() throws RepException;
050      /**
051       * This method sets the columns whose values are to be ignored while taking snapshot,synchronizing etc.
052       * @param tableName String
053       */
054      void setIgnoredColumns(String tableName,String columnNamesToBeIgnored[]) throws RepException;
055    
056      void unpublish() throws RepException;
057    
058      void addTableToPublication(String[] newTableList,String[] filterClauses) throws RepException ;
059    
060      void dropTableFromPublication(String[] dropTableList) throws RepException;
061     }