cube.java

一个XML处理器

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	.
	Author: Sloan Seaman
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*/

package com.symbol.xmlaprocessor.response;

import java.util.*;

/**
* A Cube is the highest level object returned from an MDX query
*
* Everything you could every want to know is retrieved though the cube
*/
public interface Cube {

	/**
	* Returns the dimension specified by the specific name
	*
	* @param _name The name of the dimension to retrieve
	* @return The Dimension (if any)
	*/
	public Dimension getDimensionByName(String _name);
	
	/**
	* Returns a list of all the Dimensions in this cube
	*
	* @return A list of Dimensions
	*/
	public List getDimensions();
	
	/**
	* Returns the name of the cube
	*
	* @return The name of the cube
	*/
	public String getName();
}