com.sap.sl.sdk.authoring.businesslayer

Interface BlContainer

All Superinterfaces:

BlItem, Customizable, Identifiable, Inheritable, Nameable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Dimension, Folder, Measure, RootFolder

public interface BlContainer
extends BlItem

A representation of the 'Bl Container' model object.

A BlContainer object is the container for BlItem objects.

The following features are supported:

• Children

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<BlItem>	getChildren() Returns the value of the 'Children' containment reference list.

Methods inherited from interface com.sap.sl.sdk.authoring.businesslayer.BlItem

getDescription, getInheritedData, getParent, getPath, getState, setDescription, setState

Methods inherited from interface com.sap.sl.sdk.authoring.commons.Identifiable

getIdentifier

Methods inherited from interface com.sap.sl.sdk.authoring.commons.Nameable

getName, setName

Methods inherited from interface com.sap.sl.sdk.authoring.commons.Customizable

getCustomProperties

Method Detail

getChildren

java.util.List<BlItem> getChildren()

Returns the value of the 'Children' containment reference list. The list contents are of type BlItem. It is bidirectional and its opposite is 'Parent'.

Children is a relation of containment. If a BlItem that is owned by another BlContainer is added to this list, it will be automatically removed from its previous owner. If the added BlItem is already owned by this BlContainer, nothing will be done. Position of the BlItem will remain the same.

A BlContainer may have restrictions on items it contains. For example, a dimension cannot contain a measure. A BlContainer may also have restrictions on the type of items it contains. For example, a measure cannot contain Attribute and other BlItem types.

Returns:

the value of the 'Children' containment reference list.

See Also:

BlItem.getParent()