oracle.jbo
Interface StructureDef

All Known Subinterfaces:

ViewObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

DomainStructureDef, StructureDefHelper, oracle.jbo.server.ViewDefImpl

public interface StructureDef

Imlemented by classes that access a View Object's or Entity Object's metadata.

Since:

JDeveloper 3.0

See Also:

ApplicationModule, RowSet

Method Summary

AttributeDef	findAttributeDef(java.lang.String name) Gets an attribute definition by name.
int	getAttributeCount() Counts the defined attributes.
AttributeDef	getAttributeDef(int index) Gets an attribute definition by index.
AttributeDef[]	getAttributeDefs() Gets the defined attributes.

Method Detail

getAttributeDefs

public AttributeDef[] getAttributeDefs()

Gets the defined attributes.

Returns:

an array of attribute definitions.

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Counts the defined attributes.

Returns:

the number of attributes.

findAttributeDef

public AttributeDef findAttributeDef(java.lang.String name)

Gets an attribute definition by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of an AttributeDef.

Returns:

an attribute definition, or null if not found.

getAttributeDef

public AttributeDef getAttributeDef(int index)

Gets an attribute definition by index.

Parameters:

index - the index of an AttributeDef, where the leftmost attribute has index zero.

Returns:

an attribute definition.