oracle.toplink.tools.schemaframework
Class TableCreator

java.lang.Object
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public class TableCreator

extends java.lang.Object

Purpose: This class is reponsible for creating the tables defined in the project. A specific subclass of this class is created for each project. The specific table information is defined in the subclass.

Since:

TopLink 2.0

Constructor Summary

TableCreator()

TableCreator(java.util.Vector tableDefinitions)

Method Summary

Type	Method
void	addTableDefinition(TableDefinition tableDefinition) Add the table.
void	createConstraints(DatabaseSession session) Create constraints.
void	createTables(DatabaseSession session) This creates the tables on the database.
void	dropConstraints(DatabaseSession session) Drop the table constraints from the database.
void	dropPre25Constraints(DatabaseSession session) Deprecated. This method is only useful for the transition to TopLink for Java release 2.5.
void	dropTables(DatabaseSession session) Drop the tables from the database.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name.
java.util.Vector	getTableDefinitions() Return the tables.
void	replaceTables(DatabaseSession session) Recreate the tables on the database.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Set the name.
void	setTableDefinitions(java.util.Vector tableDefinitions) Set the tables.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TableCreator

public TableCreator()

TableCreator

public TableCreator(java.util.Vector tableDefinitions)

Method Detail

addTableDefinition

public void addTableDefinition(TableDefinition tableDefinition)

Add the table.

createConstraints

public void createConstraints(DatabaseSession session)

Create constraints.

createTables

public void createTables(DatabaseSession session)

This creates the tables on the database. If the table already exists this will fail.

dropConstraints

public void dropConstraints(DatabaseSession session)

Drop the table constraints from the database.

dropPre25Constraints

public void dropPre25Constraints(DatabaseSession session)

Deprecated. This method is only useful for the transition to TopLink for Java release 2.5.

Run this method with a DatabaseSession to drop the constraints that were created when running createTables(DatabaseSession) with a release previous to TopLink for Java 2.5. This method only has to be run once before createTables().

See Also:

TableCreator#createTables()

dropTables

public void dropTables(DatabaseSession session)

Drop the tables from the database.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name.

getTableDefinitions

public java.util.Vector getTableDefinitions()

Return the tables.

replaceTables

public void replaceTables(DatabaseSession session)

Recreate the tables on the database. This will drop the tables if they exist and recreate them.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Set the name.

setTableDefinitions

public void setTableDefinitions(java.util.Vector tableDefinitions)

Set the tables.