org.eobjects.metamodel.schema
Interface Column

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Column>, HasName, NamedStructure, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractColumn, ImmutableColumn, MutableColumn

public interface Column
extends Comparable<Column>, Serializable, NamedStructure

Represents a column and it's metadata description. Columns reside within a Table and can be used as keys for relationships between tables.

Author:

Kasper Sørensen

See Also:

Table

Method Summary

int	getColumnNumber() Returns the column number or index.
Integer	getColumnSize() Gets the data type size of this column.
String	getName() Gets the name of this Column
String	getNativeType() Gets the native type of this column.
String	getRemarks() Gets any remarks/comments to this column.
Table	getTable() Gets the table for which this column belong
ColumnType	getType() Gets the type of the column
boolean	isIndexed() Determines if this column is indexed.
Boolean	isNullable() Determines whether or not this column accepts null values.
boolean	isPrimaryKey() Determines if this column is (one of) the primary key(s) of its table.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.eobjects.metamodel.schema.NamedStructure

getQualifiedLabel, getQuote, getQuotedName

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of this Column

Specified by:

getName in interface HasName

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedStructure

Returns:

the name of this Column

getColumnNumber

int getColumnNumber()

Returns the column number or index. Note: This column number is 0-based whereas the JDBC is 1-based.

Returns:

the number of this column.

getType

ColumnType getType()

Gets the type of the column

Returns:

this column's type.

getTable

Table getTable()

Gets the table for which this column belong

Returns:

this column's table.

isNullable

Boolean isNullable()

Determines whether or not this column accepts null values.

Returns:

true if this column accepts null values, false if not and null if not known.

getRemarks

String getRemarks()

Gets any remarks/comments to this column.

Returns:

any remarks/comments to this column.

getColumnSize

Integer getColumnSize()

Gets the data type size of this column.

Returns:

the data type size of this column or null if the size is not determined or known.

getNativeType

String getNativeType()

Gets the native type of this column. A native type is the name of the data type as defined in the datastore.

Returns:

the name of the native type.

isIndexed

boolean isIndexed()

Determines if this column is indexed.

Returns:

true if this column is indexed or false if not (or not known)

isPrimaryKey

boolean isPrimaryKey()

Determines if this column is (one of) the primary key(s) of its table.

Returns:

true if this column is a primary key, or false if not (or if this is not determinable).