Package com.rolfje.anonimatron.synonyms

Interface Synonym

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateSynonym, HashedFromSynonym, NullSynonym, NumberSynonym, StringSynonym

public interface Synonym

Provides a way to connect source and target data, and identify the type of data. Usually the data type is something more semantic, like "NAME" or "STREET". Synonyms are produced by the AnonymizerService.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getFrom()
Object	getTo()
String	getType()
boolean	isShortLived()	Indicates if this Synonym is short-lived or transient, meaning that it should not be stored in the synonyms file.

Method Details

isShortLived

boolean isShortLived()

Indicates if this Synonym is short-lived or transient, meaning that it should not be stored in the synonyms file. Transient Synonyms are not stored, need to be calculated each run time. Transient synonyms are:

1. Not stored in memory.
2. Not stored in the synonym file.

Returns:

true if the synonym should be thrown away after use (not stored in the synonym file).

getType

String getType()

Returns:

The semantic data type of this Synonym, usually something descriptive as "NAME" or "STREET".

getFrom

Object getFrom()

Returns:

The data which was in the original database for this Synonym

getTo

Object getTo()

Returns:

The data with which the original data in the database will be or is replaced when the Anonymizer runs.