oracle.binding.meta
Interface AttributeDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition, VariableDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

AccessorDefinition, AccessorParameterDefinition, OperationReturnDefinition, ParameterDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccessorDef, AttributeDef, BaseAttributeDefinition, BC4JViewObjectAccessorDefinition, BC4JViewObjectAttributeDefinition, MethodReturnDef, ParamDef

public interface AttributeDefinition
extends VariableDefinition

Interface for holding attribute metadata.

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

Method Summary

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.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.VariableDefinition

getDataControlDefinition, getJavaTypeString

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

getDefinitionType

Method Detail

isReadOnly

boolean isReadOnly()

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

Returns:

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

isKey

boolean isKey()

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

Returns:

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

getSourceTypeString

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.

Returns:

The java type of the attribute in the data source.