[teiid-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (TEIID-685) Define Metadata aware Connector API

[Ramesh Reddy (JIRA)]

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Ramesh Reddy commented on TEIID-685:
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Ideally I would like to see one consistent Metadata API defined in the Connector API. I do not think I have preference either way to define the interfaces in the current recordImpl objects or extend the group, element. I probably vote for the former, as that moves into the notion of tables and columns instead of the previous metamatrix notion of groups and elements.



> Define Metadata aware Connector API
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TEIID-685
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/TEIID-685
>             Project: Teiid
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: Connector API
>            Reporter: Ramesh Reddy
>            Assignee: Steven Hawkins
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 6.2.0
>
>
> Connector API needs to be extended, such that a connector can selectively implement an interface with which it can expose the metadata of the connector. This is similar to the concept of JDBC drivers exposing the metadata of the sources they are connected to.
> At a minimum, this API must expose all the available 
> - Tables, with corresponding elements
> - Procedures with corresponding parameters
> in the data source. There should also be a way to define user defined properties on all the objects, that can used by tools as they fit.
> Please comment, if there are any specific features you would like this to extend, as PK, FK, Unique keys, indexes etc. Overtime, it is expectation that this will be grown to full blown metadata store API as the teiid-metadata project.

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