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.
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.