getFractionalDigits(): Gets the fractional digits of the column value, if applicable. Returns an integer.

getLength() Retrieves the length of the column, as an integer.

getCharacterSetName(): Retrieves the name of the character set used by the column.

See Chapter 12, Character Sets, Collations, Unicode, for more information about MySQL character sets and collations.

getCollationName() Retrieves the name of the character set collation used by the column.

See Chapter 12, Character Sets, Collations, Unicode, for more information about MySQL character sets and collations.

getColumnLabel(): Returns a string value representing the column alias, or the column name if no alias is defined.

getColumnName(): Returns a string value representing the column name.

getSchemaName(): Gets the name of the schema in which the column is defined.

String getTableLabel(): Retrieves the alias for the table in which the column occurs.

getTableName(): Gets the name of the table in which the column occurs.

getType(): Retrieves the column's type (a Type object).

isNumberSigned(): Indicates whether a numeric column is signed (true if it is signed).

isPadded(): If true, padding is used for the column value.