oracle.reports.plugin.definition
Class Column

java.lang.Object
  oracle.reports.plugin.definition.BaseObject
      oracle.reports.plugin.definition.Column

Direct Known Subclasses:

DataSourceColumn, Formula, Parameter, Placeholder, Summary

public abstract class Column
extends BaseObject

Reports column object. This is an abstract base class of all types of Reports columns: parameter, data source column, summary, formula, and placeholder.

Field Summary

static int	DATATYPE_BFILE
static int	DATATYPE_BLOB
static int	DATATYPE_CHAR
static int	DATATYPE_CLOB
static int	DATATYPE_COLLECTION
static int	DATATYPE_DATE
static int	DATATYPE_GRAPHIC
static int	DATATYPE_LONG
static int	DATATYPE_LONG_RAW
static int	DATATYPE_MLABLE
static int	DATATYPE_NAMED_TYPE
static int	DATATYPE_NCLOB
static int	DATATYPE_NUMBER
static int	DATATYPE_RAW
static int	DATATYPE_REF
static int	DATATYPE_ROWID
static int	DATATYPE_UNKNOWN
static int	DATATYPE_VARCHAR
static int	DATATYPE_VARCHAR2
protected oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem	mRWObj

Fields inherited from class oracle.reports.plugin.definition.BaseObject

mReport

Constructor Summary

protected

Column(oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem rwobj, Report report) Constructor NOTE: Plugin must never try to create any Reports objects itself.

Method Summary

static Column	createColumn(oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem rwdataitem, Report report) Create a column object NOTE: this method is for internal use only.
int	getDataType() Returns the data type of this column.
Group	getGroup() Returns the group of this column

Methods inherited from class oracle.reports.plugin.definition.BaseObject

getComment, getName, getReport

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DATATYPE_CHAR

public static final int DATATYPE_CHAR

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DATATYPE_NUMBER

public static final int DATATYPE_NUMBER

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DATATYPE_DATE

public static final int DATATYPE_DATE

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DATATYPE_GRAPHIC

public static final int DATATYPE_GRAPHIC

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DATATYPE_LONG

public static final int DATATYPE_LONG

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DATATYPE_RAW

public static final int DATATYPE_RAW

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DATATYPE_LONG_RAW

public static final int DATATYPE_LONG_RAW

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DATATYPE_VARCHAR2

public static final int DATATYPE_VARCHAR2

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DATATYPE_VARCHAR

public static final int DATATYPE_VARCHAR

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DATATYPE_ROWID

public static final int DATATYPE_ROWID

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DATATYPE_MLABLE

public static final int DATATYPE_MLABLE

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DATATYPE_REF

public static final int DATATYPE_REF

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DATATYPE_NAMED_TYPE

public static final int DATATYPE_NAMED_TYPE

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DATATYPE_COLLECTION

public static final int DATATYPE_COLLECTION

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DATATYPE_BLOB

public static final int DATATYPE_BLOB

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DATATYPE_CLOB

public static final int DATATYPE_CLOB

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DATATYPE_NCLOB

public static final int DATATYPE_NCLOB

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DATATYPE_BFILE

public static final int DATATYPE_BFILE

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DATATYPE_UNKNOWN

public static final int DATATYPE_UNKNOWN

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mRWObj

protected oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem mRWObj

Constructor Detail

Column

protected Column(oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem rwobj,
                 Report report)
          throws PluginException

Constructor NOTE: Plugin must never try to create any Reports objects itself.

Throws:

PluginException

Method Detail

getDataType

public int getDataType()
                throws PluginException

Returns the data type of this column. Returned data type code is one of DATATYPE_* constants.

Throws:

PluginException

getGroup

public Group getGroup()
               throws PluginException

Returns the group of this column

Throws:

PluginException

createColumn

public static Column createColumn(oracle.reports.definition.RWDataItem rwdataitem,
                                  Report report)
                           throws PluginException

Create a column object NOTE: this method is for internal use only. Plugin must never try to call this method.

Throws:

PluginException