mondrian.olap
Interface Cell

All Known Implementing Classes:

RolapCell

public interface Cell

A Cell is an item in the grid of a Result. It is returned by Result.getCell(int[]).

Since:

6 August, 2001

Author:

jhyde

Method Summary

boolean	canDrillThrough() Returns true if drill through is possible for this Cell.
String	getCachedFormatString() Return the cached formatted string, that survives an aggregate cache clear
Member	getContextMember(Dimension dimension) Returns the context member for a particular dimension.
int	getDrillThroughCount() Returns the number of fact table rows which contributed to this Cell.
String	getDrillThroughSQL(boolean extendedContext) Returns a SQL query that, when executed, returns drill through data for this Cell.
String	getFormattedValue() Returns the cell's value formatted according to the current format string, and locale-specific settings such as currency symbol.
Object	getPropertyValue(String propertyName) Returns the value of a property.
Object	getValue() Returns the cell's raw value.
boolean	isError() Returns whether the cell's calculation returned an error.
boolean	isNull() Returns whether the cell's value is null.

Method Detail

getValue

Object getValue()

Returns the cell's raw value. This is useful for sending to further data processing, such as plotting a chart.

The value is never null. It may have various types:

• if the cell is null, the value is Util.nullValue;
• if the cell contains an error, the value is an instance of Throwable;
• otherwise, the type of this value depends upon the type of measure: possible types include BigDecimal, Double, Integer and String.

Post-condition:

return != null, (return instanceof Throwable) == isError(), (return instanceof Util.NullCellValue) == isNull()

getCachedFormatString

String getCachedFormatString()

Return the cached formatted string, that survives an aggregate cache clear

getFormattedValue

String getFormattedValue()

Returns the cell's value formatted according to the current format string, and locale-specific settings such as currency symbol. The current format string may itself be derived via an expression. For more information about format strings, see Format.

isNull

boolean isNull()

Returns whether the cell's value is null.

isError

boolean isError()

Returns whether the cell's calculation returned an error.

getDrillThroughSQL

String getDrillThroughSQL(boolean extendedContext)

Returns a SQL query that, when executed, returns drill through data for this Cell. If the parameter extendedContext is true, then the query will include all the levels (i.e. columns) of non-constraining members (i.e. members which are at the "All" level). If the parameter extendedContext is false, the query will exclude the levels (coulmns) of non-constraining members. The result is null if the cell is based upon a calculated member.

canDrillThrough

boolean canDrillThrough()

Returns true if drill through is possible for this Cell. Returns false if the Cell is based on a calculated measure.

Returns:

true if can drill through on this cell

getDrillThroughCount

int getDrillThroughCount()

Returns the number of fact table rows which contributed to this Cell.

getPropertyValue

Object getPropertyValue(String propertyName)

Returns the value of a property.

Parameters:

propertyName - Case-sensitive property name

Returns:

Value of property

getContextMember

Member getContextMember(Dimension dimension)

Returns the context member for a particular dimension. The member is defined as follows (note that there is always a member):

• If the dimension appears on one of the visible axes, the context member is simply the member on the current row or column.
• If the dimension appears in the slicer, the context member is the member of that dimension in the slier.
• Otherwise, the context member is the default member of that dimension (usually the 'all' member).