oracle.binding.metaimpl
Class BaseAttributeDefinition

java.lang.Object
  oracle.binding.metaimpl.BaseValueObjectDefinition
      oracle.binding.metaimpl.BaseAttributeDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeDefinition, Definition, NamedDefinition, VariableDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeDef

public class BaseAttributeDefinition
extends BaseValueObjectDefinition
implements AttributeDefinition

A class for holding metadata of attributes.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

TYPE_ACCESSOR, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_CRITERIA, TYPE_CRITERIA_ITEM, TYPE_CRITERIA_OPERATOR, TYPE_CRITERIA_ROW, TYPE_DATACONTROL, TYPE_DEFINITION, TYPE_DEFINITIONCONTEXT, TYPE_NAMED, TYPE_OPERATION, TYPE_OPERATIONRETURN, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_STRUCTURE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Constructor Summary

BaseAttributeDefinition(java.lang.String id, NamedDefinition parent, java.lang.String javaType, boolean isReadOnly, boolean isKey)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	getDefinitionType() Retrieves the type of the variable.
java.lang.String	getSourceTypeString() Returns the actual java type of the attribute in the data source.
boolean	isKey() Finds out whether this attribute is the primary key of the row.
boolean	isReadOnly() Finds out whether this attribute is read-only or is updateable.
void	setReadOnly(boolean isReadOnly) Specify whether this attribute is read-only or is updateable.
void	setSourceTypeString(java.lang.String sourceTypeString) Set the java type of this attribute in the data source.

Methods inherited from class oracle.binding.metaimpl.BaseValueObjectDefinition

getDataControlDefinition, getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getJavaTypeString, getName, getProperties, getProperty, setProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.VariableDefinition

getDataControlDefinition, getJavaTypeString

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Constructor Detail

BaseAttributeDefinition

public BaseAttributeDefinition(java.lang.String id,
                               NamedDefinition parent,
                               java.lang.String javaType,
                               boolean isReadOnly,
                               boolean isKey)

Constructor.

Parameters:

id - Identifier, or name, of the attribute.

parent - Metadata of the parent structure.

javaType - Fully-qualified Java class name of the attribute type.

isReadOnly - Whether the attribute is read-only.

isKey - Whether the attribute is the primary key of a row.

Method Detail

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

Finds out whether this attribute is read-only or is updateable.

Specified by:

isReadOnly in interface AttributeDefinition

Returns:

True if this attribute is read-only, false otherwise.

setReadOnly

public void setReadOnly(boolean isReadOnly)

Specify whether this attribute is read-only or is updateable.

setSourceTypeString

public void setSourceTypeString(java.lang.String sourceTypeString)

Set the java type of this attribute in the data source.

Parameters:

sourceTypeString - A String representing the java type.

isKey

public boolean isKey()

Finds out whether this attribute is the primary key of the row.

Specified by:

isKey in interface AttributeDefinition

Returns:

True if this attribute is the primary key, false otherwise.

getSourceTypeString

public java.lang.String getSourceTypeString()

Returns the actual java type of the attribute in the data source. This may be different from the java type returned by getJavaTypeString if the data control is returning an attribute as a different datatype as what it is in its data source. For example, if the source type is a java.lang.String representing some number, the java type of the attribute could be java.lang.Integer.

Specified by:

getSourceTypeString in interface AttributeDefinition

Returns:

The java type of the attribute in the data source.

getDefinitionType

public int getDefinitionType()

Description copied from class: BaseValueObjectDefinition

Retrieves the type of the variable. It can be one of the TYPE_* contants definied in VariableDefinition.

Specified by:

getDefinitionType in interface Definition

Overrides:

getDefinitionType in class BaseValueObjectDefinition

Returns:

Always return TYPE_PRIMITIVE.