| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 Oracle. All rights reserved. |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution |
| * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jpt.db; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.jpt.utility.JavaType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Database column |
| * |
| * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still |
| * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching |
| * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from |
| * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API |
| * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves. |
| * |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface Column |
| extends DatabaseObject, Comparable<Column> |
| { |
| /** |
| * Return the column's table. |
| */ |
| Table getTable(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether the column is part of it's table's primary key. |
| */ |
| boolean isPrimaryKeyColumn(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether the column is part of one of it's table's foreign keys. |
| */ |
| boolean isForeignKeyColumn(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the name of the column's datatype. |
| */ |
| String getDataTypeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return whether the column's datatype is a LOB type |
| * (i.e. BLOB, CLOB, or NCLOB). |
| */ |
| boolean dataTypeIsLOB(); |
| |
| |
| // ********** Java type ********** |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a Java type declaration that is reasonably |
| * similar to the column's data type. |
| */ |
| String getJavaTypeDeclaration(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a Java type that is reasonably |
| * similar to the column's data type. |
| */ |
| JavaType getJavaType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a Java type declaration that is reasonably |
| * similar to the column's data type and suitable for use as a |
| * primary key field. |
| */ |
| String getPrimaryKeyJavaTypeDeclaration(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a Java type that is reasonably |
| * similar to the column's data type and suitable for use as a |
| * primary key field. |
| */ |
| JavaType getPrimaryKeyJavaType(); |
| |
| } |