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oracle.jbo.domain
Class DomainAttributeDef

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--oracle.jbo.domain.DomainAttributeDef

public class DomainAttributeDef
extends java.lang.Object
implements AttributeDef


Fields inherited from interface oracle.jbo.AttributeDef
ATTR_ASSOCIATED_ROW, ATTR_ASSOCIATED_ROWITERATOR, ATTR_DYNAMIC, ATTR_ENTITY_DERIVED, ATTR_PERSISTENT, ATTR_SQL_DERIVED, ATTR_TRANSIENT, READONLY, UPDATEABLE, UPDATEABLE_WHILE_NEW
 
Constructor Summary
DomainAttributeDef(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String columnName, int index, java.lang.Class javaType, int sqlType, java.lang.String sqlTypeName, int scale, int precision, boolean isMandatory)
           
DomainAttributeDef(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String columnName, int index, java.lang.Class javaType, int sqlType, java.lang.String sqlTypeName, int scale, int precision, boolean isMandatory, java.lang.String entityDefName)
           
 
Method Summary
 byte getAttributeKind()
          Gets the attribute kind.
 java.lang.String getColumnName()
          Gets the name of the database column the attribute represents.
 java.lang.String getColumnNameForQuery()
          Gets the column name to be used in query statement.
 int getIndex()
          Gets the index of the attribute in the context of a StoreInfo instance.
 java.lang.Class getJavaType()
          Gets the Java class of the object stored for this attribute definition.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Gets the name of the attribute.
 int getPrecision()
          Gets the precision of a numeric or string attribute.
 java.util.Hashtable getProperties()
          Gets the table of properties.
 java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String hintName)
          Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.
 java.lang.String getReferencedObjectDefName()
           
 int getScale()
          Get the scale value of a numeric attribute.
 int getSQLType()
          Gets the JDBC type of the attribute.
 byte getUpdateableFlag()
          Tests if an attribute can be modified.
static org.w3c.dom.Node getXMLContentNode(org.w3c.dom.Document xmlDoc, java.lang.Object attrValue, boolean isCData)
           
 boolean isMandatory()
          Tests if an attribute does not allow null values.
 boolean isPrimaryKey()
          Tests if an attribute is a Primary Key.
 boolean isQueriable()
          Tests if an attribute is queriable.
static java.lang.String printAttrXMLDefinition(AttributeList row, java.lang.String attrTag, AttributeDef ad, java.util.Hashtable allDefs, java.io.PrintWriter pw, boolean bContainees)
           
 java.lang.Object refreshProperty(java.lang.String hintName)
          Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

DomainAttributeDef

public DomainAttributeDef(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.String columnName,
                          int index,
                          java.lang.Class javaType,
                          int sqlType,
                          java.lang.String sqlTypeName,
                          int scale,
                          int precision,
                          boolean isMandatory)

DomainAttributeDef

public DomainAttributeDef(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.String columnName,
                          int index,
                          java.lang.Class javaType,
                          int sqlType,
                          java.lang.String sqlTypeName,
                          int scale,
                          int precision,
                          boolean isMandatory,
                          java.lang.String entityDefName)
Method Detail

getAttributeKind

public byte getAttributeKind()
Gets the attribute kind.
Specified by:
getAttributeKind in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
one of the ATTR constants defined for this class.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Gets the name of the attribute.
Specified by:
getName in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the name of the attribute.

getColumnName

public java.lang.String getColumnName()
Gets the name of the database column the attribute represents.
Specified by:
getColumnName in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the name of the column.

getColumnNameForQuery

public java.lang.String getColumnNameForQuery()
Description copied from interface: AttributeDef
Gets the column name to be used in query statement. If the VO involves multiple entity usages, the column name may have to be qualified with the table alias for the appropriate entity. If the query statement is a full query ("expert mode"), the where-clause in the outer select must use column alias used for the inner select. This method takes care of all this and returns the right column name to be used for a query statement.
Specified by:
getColumnNameForQuery in interface AttributeDef
Tags copied from interface: AttributeDef
Returns:
the column name to be used in query.

getIndex

public int getIndex()
Gets the index of the attribute in the context of a StoreInfo instance.
Specified by:
getIndex in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the index of the attribute row's definition object.

getJavaType

public java.lang.Class getJavaType()
Gets the Java class of the object stored for this attribute definition.
Specified by:
getJavaType in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the class of the attribute.

getSQLType

public int getSQLType()
Gets the JDBC type of the attribute.
Specified by:
getSQLType in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the JDBC type.
See Also:
Types

getScale

public int getScale()
Get the scale value of a numeric attribute.
Specified by:
getScale in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the scale value for this attribute, if applicable.

getPrecision

public int getPrecision()
Gets the precision of a numeric or string attribute.

'Precision' for a string is the maximum length.

Specified by:
getPrecision in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
the precision value for this attribute.

isQueriable

public boolean isQueriable()
Tests if an attribute is queriable.

Queriable attributes are those that may have a filter condition for the WHERE clause If this method returns false, the attribute will not be used in constructing the WHERE clause of SQL statements to fetch data.

Specified by:
isQueriable in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
true if this attribute is queriable.

getUpdateableFlag

public byte getUpdateableFlag()
Tests if an attribute can be modified.
Specified by:
getUpdateableFlag in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
READONLY, UPDATEABLE, or UPDATEABLE_WHILE_NEW.

isPrimaryKey

public boolean isPrimaryKey()
Tests if an attribute is a Primary Key.
Specified by:
isPrimaryKey in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
true if this is either a Primary Key attribute or part of the attributes that constitute the Primary Key for a given row.

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()
Tests if an attribute does not allow null values.
Specified by:
isMandatory in interface AttributeDef
Returns:
true if this attribute cannot store a null value

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String hintName)
Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.
Returns:
the named property.

refreshProperty

public java.lang.Object refreshProperty(java.lang.String hintName)
Description copied from interface: Properties
Retrieves the specified property, if it exists. If the application running in a 3 tier environment, it retrieves the property from the middle-tier server, refreshing the value on the client side. If the application is running in a 2 tier environment, it is equivalent to getProperty.
Tags copied from interface: Properties
Parameters:
hintName - Property name.
Returns:
the value of the property, if any, otherwise null.

getReferencedObjectDefName

public java.lang.String getReferencedObjectDefName()

getProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getProperties()
Gets the table of properties.
Returns:
a hashtable of properties.

getXMLContentNode

public static org.w3c.dom.Node getXMLContentNode(org.w3c.dom.Document xmlDoc,
                                                 java.lang.Object attrValue,
                                                 boolean isCData)

printAttrXMLDefinition

public static java.lang.String printAttrXMLDefinition(AttributeList row,
                                                      java.lang.String attrTag,
                                                      AttributeDef ad,
                                                      java.util.Hashtable allDefs,
                                                      java.io.PrintWriter pw,
                                                      boolean bContainees)

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