gov.virginia.dcjs.relational
Class ColumnMetaData

java.lang.Object
  gov.virginia.dcjs.relational.ColumnMetaData

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class ColumnMetaData

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Contains column information as used by TupleMetaData. * Its contents can also be exported to XML in compliance with the * recorset.xsd schema by calling its toXML * method.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ColumnMetaData()

ColumnMetaData(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String type, int size)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Clone this Column meta data * @return Object clone of this Column meta data
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Determine if this object and the provided one are equivalent.
java.lang.String	getName() Obtain the name of the field this column represents * @return Field name of the column
int	getSize() Obtain the size of data this column represents * @return Field width of the column in characters
java.lang.String	getType() Obtain the type of data this column represents * @return Field type of the column
java.lang.String	toString() Provide this column's information * @return Column information in the format
java.lang.String	toXML(java.lang.String ns) Provide this column's meta data in XML in compliance with the * recorset.xsd schema's columnMetaData * tag element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ColumnMetaData

public ColumnMetaData()

ColumnMetaData

public ColumnMetaData(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String type,
                      int size)

Parameters:

name - Field name of the column * @param type Type of the column * @param size Width of the column in characters

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clone this Column meta data * @return Object clone of this Column meta data

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Obtain the name of the field this column represents * @return Field name of the column

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Obtain the type of data this column represents * @return Field type of the column

getSize

public int getSize()

Obtain the size of data this column represents * @return Field width of the column in characters

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Determine if this object and the provided one are equivalent. * @param other ColumnMetaData object to check for equality. * @return True for equivalent meta data objects, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Provide this column's information * @return Column information in the format

toXML

public java.lang.String toXML(java.lang.String ns)

Provide this column's meta data in XML in compliance with the * recorset.xsd schema's columnMetaData * tag element. * @param ns Namespace prefix, if desired, or null * otherwise. * @return XML equivalent of this column's meta data.