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 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
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 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jpt.core.context;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * 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.
 */
public interface Column extends BaseColumn
{
	int getLength();

	int getDefaultLength();
		int DEFAULT_LENGTH = 255;
		String DEFAULT_LENGTH_PROPERTY = "defaultLength"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	Integer getSpecifiedLength();
	void setSpecifiedLength(Integer newSpecifiedLength);
		String SPECIFIED_LENGTH_PROPERTY = "specifiedLength"; //$NON-NLS-1$
		
	int getPrecision();

	int getDefaultPrecision();
		int DEFAULT_PRECISION = 0;
		String DEFAULT_PRECISION_PROPERTY = "defaultPrecision"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	Integer getSpecifiedPrecision();
	void setSpecifiedPrecision(Integer newSpecifiedPrecision);
		String SPECIFIED_PRECISION_PROPERTY = "specifiedPrecision"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	
	int getScale();

	int getDefaultScale();
		int DEFAULT_SCALE = 0;
		String DEFAULT_SCALE_PROPERTY = "defaultScale"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	Integer getSpecifiedScale();
	void setSpecifiedScale(Integer newSpecifiedScale);
		String SPECIFIED_SCALE_PROPERTY = "specifiedScale"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
}