org.eobjects.metamodel.schema
Interface Schema

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Schema>, HasName, NamedStructure, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSchema, CompositeSchema, ImmutableSchema, MutableSchema

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

Represents a schema and it's metadata description. Schemas represent a collection of tables.

Author:

Kasper Sørensen

See Also:

DataContext, Table

Method Summary

String	getName() Gets the name of this Schema
int	getRelationshipCount() Gets the number of relationships to and from this Schema.
Relationship[]	getRelationships() Gets all relationships to and from this Schema.
Table	getTable(int index) Gets a table by index.
Table	getTableByName(String tableName) Convenience method for retrieving a table by it's name.
int	getTableCount() Gets the number of tables that reside in this schema.
int	getTableCount(TableType type) Gets the number of tables in this Schema that comply to a given TableType.
String[]	getTableNames() Gets the names of the tables that reside in this Schema.
Table[]	getTables() Gets all tables in this Schema.
Table[]	getTables(TableType type) Gets all tables in this Schema of a particular type.

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 Schema

Specified by:

getName in interface HasName

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedStructure

Returns:

the name of this Schema

getTableCount

int getTableCount()

Gets the number of tables that reside in this schema.

Returns:

the number of tables that reside in this schema.

getTableCount

int getTableCount(TableType type)

Gets the number of tables in this Schema that comply to a given TableType.

Parameters:

type - the TableType to use for searching and matching.

Returns:

the count of tables that match the provided TableType.

getTableNames

String[] getTableNames()

Gets the names of the tables that reside in this Schema.

Returns:

an array of table names.

getTables

Table[] getTables()

Gets all tables in this Schema.

Returns:

the tables that reside in the schema

getTables

Table[] getTables(TableType type)

Gets all tables in this Schema of a particular type.

Parameters:

type - the TableType to use for searching and matching.

Returns:

an array of tables in this schema that matches the specified type.

getTable

Table getTable(int index)
               throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Gets a table by index. Use getTableCount() to get the (0-based) index range

Parameters:

index - the index of the table

Returns:

the column with the specified index

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of bounds (index >= table count)

getTableByName

Table getTableByName(String tableName)

Convenience method for retrieving a table by it's name.

Parameters:

tableName - the name of the table to retrieve

Returns:

the table with the given name. Returns null if no such table is found.

getRelationships

Relationship[] getRelationships()

Gets all relationships to and from this Schema.

Returns:

an array of relationships.

getRelationshipCount

int getRelationshipCount()

Gets the number of relationships to and from this Schema.

Returns:

the number of relationships to and from this Schema