com.splunk
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
  com.splunk.Resource

Direct Known Subclasses:

Entity, ResourceCollection

public abstract class Resource
extends java.lang.Object

The Resource abstract base class represents a Splunk resource.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns the resource name.
java.lang.String	getPath() Returns the path to this resource.
Service	getService() Returns the Service instance this resource is connected to.
java.lang.String	getTitle() Return the title of this resource, which corresponds to the Atom <title> element.
Resource	invalidate() Marks the local state of this resource as no longer current.
abstract Resource	refresh() Refreshes the local state of this resource.
Resource	validate() Ensures that the local state of the resource is current, calling refresh if necessary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the resource name. By default, the name is the resource title. This name can also be used as the key for the resource if it belongs to a container resource (for example, an entity that belongs to an entity collection).

Returns:

The resource name.

getPath

public java.lang.String getPath()

Returns the path to this resource.

Returns:

The resource path.

getService

public Service getService()

Returns the Service instance this resource is connected to.

Returns:

The Service instance.

getTitle

public java.lang.String getTitle()

Return the title of this resource, which corresponds to the Atom <title> element.

Returns:

The resource title.

invalidate

public Resource invalidate()

Marks the local state of this resource as no longer current.

Returns:

The current Resource instance.

refresh

public abstract Resource refresh()

Refreshes the local state of this resource.

Returns:

The current Resource instance.

validate

public Resource validate()

Ensures that the local state of the resource is current, calling refresh if necessary.

Returns:

The current Resource instance.