oracle.owb.relational
Interface Column

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute, Datatyped, Extensible, OWBNamedObject, PropertyOwner

public interface Column

extends Attribute, Extensible

Column interface represents a relational data entity colum.

Method Summary

ColumnOwner	getColumnOwner() Get the column data entity owner
ForeignKey[]	getForeignKeys() Get the list of foreign keys that reference (contain) this column.
UniqueKey[]	getUniqueKeys() Get the list of unique keys that reference (contain) this column.
boolean	isNotNull() Returns true if the NOT NULL constraint is set.
void	setNotNull(boolean notNull) Set the NOT NULL constraint of the column.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.OWBNamedObject

delete, getBusinessName, getClassDefinition, getComponent, getDescription, getName, getUOID, isDeletable, isEditable, isRenamable, setBusinessName, setDescription, setName

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.type.Datatyped

getDatatype, getLength, getPrecision, getScale, isPrecisionOmitted, setDatatype, setLength, setPrecision, setPrecisionOmitted, setScale

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.property.PropertyOwner

getDefaultPropertyValue, getLogicalPropertyKeys, getPhysicalPropertyKeys, getPropertyDomain, getPropertyKeys, getPropertyValue, getPropertyValueString, isLogicalProperty, isPhysicalProperty, isReadOnlyProperty, setPropertyValue, setPropertyValueByString

Method Detail

setNotNull

public void setNotNull(boolean notNull)

Set the NOT NULL constraint of the column.

Parameters:

notNull - the not null flag.

isNotNull

public boolean isNotNull()

Returns true if the NOT NULL constraint is set. Otherwise, returns false.

Returns:

a boolean value.

getColumnOwner

public ColumnOwner getColumnOwner()

Get the column data entity owner

Returns:

a ColumnOwner object

getUniqueKeys

public UniqueKey[] getUniqueKeys()

Get the list of unique keys that reference (contain) this column.

Returns:

an array of UniqueKeys.

getForeignKeys

public ForeignKey[] getForeignKeys()

Get the list of foreign keys that reference (contain) this column.

Returns:

an array of ForeignKeys.