A Data Definition represents a set of data that the Weave server can use in various ways, for example to provide a list of values for the user when entering data, or as a tabular dataset to display textual data about a selected entity.
Basically anywhere that Weave needs some textual data it will retrieve it via a data definition.

There are currently two types of data definitions. One that retrieves it's values from a database (via a Data Source) and one that has it's values embedded within it's configurationdifferent types of data definition depending upon where the data is retrieved from, including data definitions that are virtual data definitions that use other data definitions to supply the data which they then filter in some way and provide as a new data definition.

The data definition itself is just a container for a data connection, the data definition provides an id and a container for a data connection and it's the data connection that describes the source of the underlying data and how that data is obtained.

Namespace

urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0

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Name	Type	Cardinality
datasourcedataconnection	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:datasourcedataconnection	0..1
inlinedataconnection	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:inlinedataconnection	0..1

Content

None

Notes

Only one of datasourcedataconnection or inlinedataconnection can be included.

datasourcedataconnection

Properties

Name	Type	Required	Description
datasource	ref urn:com.cohga.server.datasource.jdbc#1.0:datasource	yes	reference to the data source that this data definition should use to generate its data
table	string	yes	The name of the table that provides the data
key	string	no	If this data definition is generating data relating to an entity then this is the column name that contains the entities id
prefix	string	no	The prefix value will be inserted into the generated SQL statement immediately after the SELECT, for example DISTINCT
trim	boolean	no	If true the generated SQL will ensure that the id's are compared against a trimmed version of the id stored in the database, this helps with Pathway, where some tables store padded id's

Sub-tags

Name	Type	Cardinality
parameter	spatialdataconnection	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:parameter	1..n	cache	urn:com.cohga.server.cache#1.0:cache spatialdataconnection	0..1

Content

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Notes

The cache settings are only used for data source data connections that have a key specified, since it's the key that's used as the cache index
If no cache tag is specified then the data will still be cached, but it will use the default cache configuration, to disable caching you need to set disable to true inside the cache definition

inlinedataconnection

Properties

None

Sub-tags

Name	Type	Cardinality
parameter	groupdataconnection	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:parameter	1..n
row	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:row	1..n

Content

None

parameter

Properties

Name	Type	Required	Description
column	string	yes	The name of the column within the table that this parameter references (can be an sql function also)
type	'string', 'numeric', 'date' or 'url'	no (default 'string')	An indicator of how the data should be displayed on the client
name	string	no (default lowercase value of column)	A unique identifier for the parameter
label	string	no (default 'pretty' value of column)	A user displayable label for the column
text	string	no	Only when type is 'url'. Specifies text to be displayed to the user instead of the actual url contents
textcolumn	string	no	Only when type is 'url'. Specifies the column that contains text to be displayed to the user instead of the actual url contents

Sub-tags

Name	Type	Cardinality
from	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:from	0..n
where	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:where	0..n

Content

None

Notes

If no label is specified then it will be generated by formatting the name, unless no name is supplied, then it will be generated by formatting the column
Formatting involves converting any _'s to spaces, converting the first letter and any letter after a space to upper case and converting every other letter to lower case, e.g. "BOMB_DISPOSAL_METHOD" becomes "Bomb Disposal Method"
Only one of text or textcolumn should be specified when type is 'url'

from

Properties

Name	Type	Required	Description
table	string	yes	An additional table to include in the generated SQL

Sub-tags

None

Content

None

where

Properties

Name	Type	Required	Description
clause	string	yes	An additional clause to include in the generated SQL
uppercase	boolean	no	If the clause uses parameter substitution should the value be converted to upper-case before being substituted

Sub-tags

None

Content

None

row

Properties

None

Sub-tags

Name	Type	Cardinality
cell	urn:com.cohga.server.data.database#1.0:cell	1..n

Content

None

Notes

The number of cells should match the number of parameters.

cell

Properties

None

Sub-tags

None

Content

The value to be used for this cell, or null if null should be returned as this cells value. Note that you can also use xsi:nil="true" if you have the xsi namespace setup as described in configuration.

Examples

Sample data definition with caching parameters explicitly set

...


<data:datadefinition id="roadDetails">
	<datasourcedataconnection datasource="datasource.main" table="ROADS" key="RD_NAME" prefix="DISTINCT">
		<from table="PLANS"/>
		<where clause="PLANS.ID=ROADS.PLAN_ID"/>
		<parameter name="name" label="Name" column="RD_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="suffix" label="Suffix" column="RD_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="type" label="Type" column="RD_TYPE"/>
		<parameter name="altname" label="Alt. Name" column="ALT_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="altsuffix" label="Alt. Suffix" column="ALT_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="alttype" label="Alt. Type" column="ALT_TYPE"/>
		<parameter type="integer" name="class" label="Class" column="CLASS_CODE"/>
		<parameter type="url" name="plan" label="Plan" column="'http://imgsvr:8080/gis/documents/plan_'|PLANS.PLAN_CODE|'.pdf'" text="Open"/>
		<cache>
			<maxElementsInMemory>500</maxElementsInMemory>
			<eternal>false</eternal>
			<timeToIdleSeconds>60</timeToIdleSeconds>
			<timeToLiveSeconds>300</timeToLiveSeconds>
			<overflowToDisk>true</overflowToDisk>
			<maxElementsOnDisk>20000</maxElementsOnDisk>
			<diskPersistent>false</diskPersistent>
			<diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds>120</diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds>
			<memoryStoreEvictionPolicy>LRU</memoryStoreEvictionPolicy>
		</cache>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

Sample data definition with caching disabled

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<data:datadefinition id="roadDetails">
	<datasourcedataconnection datasource="datasource.main" table="ROADS" key="RD_NAME" prefix="DISTINCT">
		<from table="PLANS"/>
		<where clause="PLANS.ID=ROADS.PLAN_ID"/>
		<parameter name="name" label="Name" column="RD_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="suffix" label="Suffix" column="RD_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="type" label="Type" column="RD_TYPE"/>
		<parameter name="altname" label="Alt. Name" column="ALT_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="altsuffix" label="Alt. Suffix" column="ALT_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="alttype" label="Alt. Type" column="ALT_TYPE"/>
		<parameter type="integer" name="class" label="Class" column="CLASS_CODE"/>
		<parameter type="url" name="plan" label="Plan" column="'http://imgsvr:8080/gis/documents/plan_'|PLANS.PLAN_CODE|'.pdf'" text="Open"/>
		<cache disable="true"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

...

groupdataconnection

0..1

Content

None

Notes

Only one of the data connection types can be included in a data definition.

Examples

Sample data definition using a database

Code Block

	xml
	xml
linenumbers	true


<data:cache id="test.cache">
	<maxElementsInMemory>500</maxElementsInMemory>
	<eternal>false</eternal>
	<timeToIdleSeconds>60</timeToIdleSeconds>
	<timeToLiveSeconds>300</timeToLiveSeconds>
	<overflowToDisk>true</overflowToDisk>
	<maxElementsOnDisk>20000</maxElementsOnDisk>
	<diskPersistent>false</diskPersistent>
	<diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds>120</diskExpiryThreadIntervalSeconds>
	<memoryStoreEvictionPolicy>LRU</memoryStoreEvictionPolicy>
</data:cache>

<data:datadefinition id="roadDetails">
	<datasourcedataconnection datasource="datasource.main" table="ROADS" key="RD_NAME" prefix="DISTINCT">
		<from table="PLANS"/>
		<where clause="PLANS.ID=ROADS.PLAN_ID"/>
		<parameter name="name" label="Name" column="RD_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="suffix" label="Suffix" column="RD_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="type" label="Type" column="RD_TYPE"/>
		<parameter name="altname" label="Alt. Name" column="ALT_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="altsuffix" label="Alt. Suffix" column="ALT_SUFFIX"/>
		<parameter name="alttype" label="Alt. Type" column="ALT_TYPE"/>
		<parameter type="integer" name="class" label="Class" column="CLASS_CODE"/>
		<parameter type="url" name="plan" label="Plan" column="'http://imgsvr:8080/gis/documents/plan_'|PLANS.PLAN_CODE|'.pdf'" text="Open"/>
		<cache id="test.cache"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

A data definition for supplying a list of values (no key is defined), probably for a cascading input parameter for a search

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<data:datadefinition id="suburbRoads">
	<datasourcedataconnection datasource="datasource.main" table="PROPERTY" prefix="DISTINCT">
		<parameter name="suburb" label="Suburb" column="PRSUB_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="roadname" label="Road Name" column="PRROD_NAME"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

Another data definition for supplying a list of values, probably for a triple field cascading input parameter for a search

Code Block

xml

linenumbers

true


<data:datadefinition id="suburbRoadType">
	<datasourcedataconnection datasource="datasource.main" table="PROPERTY" prefix="DISTINCT">
		<parameter name="suburb" label="Suburb" column="PRSUB_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="roadname" label="Road Name" column="PRROD_NAME"/>
		<parameter name="roadtype" label="Road Type" column="PRROD_TYPE"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

...

Code Block

	xml
	xml
linenumbers	true

<data:datadefinition id="connectionType">
	<inlinedataconnection>
		<parameter type="string" name="key" label="Key" />
		<parameter type="string" name="label" label="Label" />
		<row>
			<cell>U</cell>
			<cell>Unverfied</cell>
		</row>
		<row>
			<cell>V</cell>
			<cell>Verified</cell>
		</row>
	</inlinedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

A simple inline data definition using null

Code Block

xml

linenumbers

true


<data:datadefinition id="customerType">
	<inlinedataconnection>
		<parameter type="string" name="label" label="Label" />
		<parameter type="string" name="key" label="Key" />
		<row>
			<cell>Domestic</cell>
			<cell>D</cell>
		</row>
		<row>
			<cell>Commercial</cell>
			<cell>C</cell>
		</row>
		<row>
			<cell>Unknown</cell>
			<cell>null</cell>
		</row>
	</inlinedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

More on Caching

To disable the caching all together you'd do the following

...


<data:datadefinition id="...">
	<datasourcedataconnection ...>
		...
		<cache disable="true"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

To modify the default caching options

...


<data:datadefinition id="...">
		<datasourcedataconnection ...>
		...
		<cache>
			<setting>value</setting>
			<setting>value</setting>
			<setting>value</setting>
		</cache>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

Where the <settings> you can change are identified at caching

You can set the default cache settings with

...


<data:cache>
	<setting>value</setting>
	<setting>value</setting>
	<setting>value</setting>
</data:cache>

and create a cache definition that can be re-used

Code Block

xml

linenumbers

true


<data:cache id="test">
	<setting>value</setting>
	<setting>value</setting>
	<setting>value</setting>
</data:cache>

<data:datadefinition id="...">
	<datasourcedataconnection ...>
		...
		<cache id="test"/>
	</datasourcedataconnection>
</data:datadefinition>

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inlinedataconnection

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parameter

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from

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where

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row

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cell

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