oracle.jbo
Interface StructureDef

All Known Subinterfaces:

ViewObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

DomainStructureDef, EntityDefImpl, oracle.jbo.server.RowDef, StructureDefHelper, ViewDefImpl, ViewObjectImpl, WSViewObjectImpl

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, given its name.
int	getAttributeCount() Returns the number of defined attributes.
AttributeDef	getAttributeDef(int index) Gets an attribute definition, given its index.
AttributeDef[]	getAttributeDefs() Gets the defined attributes.
AttributeDef	lookupAttributeDef(java.lang.String name) Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Method Detail

getAttributeDefs

public AttributeDef[] getAttributeDefs()

Gets the defined attributes.

Returns:

an array of attribute definitions.

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Returns the number of defined attributes.

Returns:

the number of attributes.

findAttributeDef

public AttributeDef findAttributeDef(java.lang.String name)

Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of an AttributeDef.

Returns:

an attribute definition

Throws:

NoDefException - - if the attribute is not found.

lookupAttributeDef

public AttributeDef lookupAttributeDef(java.lang.String name)

Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of an AttributeDef.

Returns:

an attribute definition if found, null otherwise

getAttributeDef

public AttributeDef getAttributeDef(int index)

Gets an attribute definition, given its index.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

an attribute definition.