DataReference

DataReference is used to abstract data requirements for Applications, Stacks and Services. These references are realized in the Data Orchestrator when it creates Data Instances based on the policies, and environment the ServiceInstance is running.

Logical Diagram

Attributes

  • name:string - Name of the Data Reference
  • shortName:string - Short Name of the Data Reference
  • query:json - JSON structure for finding the data in the data manager
  • connection:string - Connection string for the Data Reference

Associations

Name Cardinality Class Composition Owner Description
instances n DataInstance true true  
parent 1 Servicelet false false  

Users of the Model

Name Cardinality Class Composition Owner Description
data n Application false false  
reference 1 DataInstance false false  
dataReference 1 DataRequest false false  
data n Servicelet false true Data References to the data in the Stacklet
data n Stack false true Data for the stack
data n StackDefinition false true Data for the stack
data n Stacklet false true Data References to the data in the Stacklet
data n StackletDefinition false false Data References to the data in the Stacklet

State Net

The DataReference has a state net corresponding to instances of the class. Each state transistion will emit an event that can be caught with a websocket client. The name of the event is the name of the state in all lower case. The following diagram is the state net for this class.

State Net Diagram

Name Description Events
Init Initial State provision->Provisioning,
Provisioning DataReference is being Provisioned provisioned->Provisioned, failed->FailedProvision,
Provisioned    
FailedProvision    

Methods

Method Details