com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model
Interface Dimension

All Superinterfaces:

Decorator, Displayable, Expression, Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DimensionImpl, MondrianDimension, TestDimension, XMLA_Dimension

public interface Dimension
extends Expression, Displayable, Visitable, Decorator

OLAP Dimension

Author:

av

Field Summary

static java.util.Comparator

MEASURES_FIRST_COMPARATOR sorts Dimensions by labels except Measures which always comes first.

Fields inherited from interface com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.Displayable

LABEL_COMPARATOR

Method Summary

Hierarchy[]	getHierarchies() return the hierarchies of this dimension
boolean	isMeasure() true if this is the measures dimension
boolean	isTime() return true if this is a time dimension.

Methods inherited from interface com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.Visitable

accept

Methods inherited from interface com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.Displayable

getLabel

Methods inherited from interface com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.Visitable

accept

Methods inherited from interface com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.Decorator

getRootDecoree

Field Detail

MEASURES_FIRST_COMPARATOR

static final java.util.Comparator MEASURES_FIRST_COMPARATOR

sorts Dimensions by labels except Measures which always comes first.

Method Detail

getHierarchies

Hierarchy[] getHierarchies()

return the hierarchies of this dimension

isTime

boolean isTime()

return true if this is a time dimension. Its common to have multiple time dimensions, e.g. one for receipt of order and one for shipping.

isMeasure

boolean isMeasure()

true if this is the measures dimension