- destroy
- clearDescriptorIndex
Clears the entity ID to entity descriptor index.
- doGetEntitiesDescriptor
Gets the named EntitiesDescriptor from the metadata. This method should not
check if the provider is
- doGetEntityDescriptor
Gets the identified EntityDescriptor from the metadata. This method should not
check if the provider
- doGetMetadata
Gets the metadata currently held by the provider. This method should not check
if the provider is in
- doGetRole
Gets the role which supports the given protocol.
- doInitialization
Subclasses should override this method to perform any initialization logic
necessary. Default implem
- getEntitiesDescriptorByName
Gets the entities descriptor with the given name.
- getEntityDescriptorById
Gets the EntityDescriptor with the given ID from the cached metadata.
- initialize
Initializes this metadata provider. If called after the metadata provider has
already been initializ
- isInitialized
Gets whether this provider is initialized.
- isValid
Returns whether the given descriptor is valid. If valid metadata is not required
this method always