oracle.javatools.db
Interface DBReferenceID

All Superinterfaces:

Copyable, DBObjectID

All Known Subinterfaces:

ColumnConstraintReferenceID

All Known Implementing Classes:

NameBasedRefID, ReferenceID

Deprecated.

@Deprecated
public interface DBReferenceID
extends DBObjectID

Extension of DBObjectID that is used to refer back to an object in a Database. This reference is persistable and can be saved to file by the IDConverter but allows us to refer back to the actual object in the database as well.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Deprecated. Get the name that was last known for the referenced object
DBObjectID	getNewID() Deprecated. This ID is used to reference an object in the database.
java.lang.String	getSchemaName() Deprecated. Get the name of the Schema that was last known for the referenced object
java.lang.String	getSubType() Deprecated. Retrieves the sub-type of object referenced by this id.
DBObject	resolveID() Deprecated. This ID is used to reference an object in the database.
DBObject	resolveReference(Database db) Deprecated. Use DBUtil.resolveInOtherProvider(oracle.javatools.db.BaseObjectID, oracle.javatools.db.DBObjectProvider)

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.db.DBObjectID

equals, getParent, getType

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.util.Copyable

copyTo

Method Detail

resolveReference

@Deprecated
DBObject resolveReference(Database db)
                          throws DBException

Deprecated. Use DBUtil.resolveInOtherProvider(oracle.javatools.db.BaseObjectID, oracle.javatools.db.DBObjectProvider)

Throws:

DBException

resolveID

DBObject resolveID()
                   throws DBException

Deprecated.

This ID is used to reference an object in the database. If it is used by an object that is now in another provider then this this will attempt to resolve itself within that new provider by searching for an object that's been holds a reference to the referenced database object.

Specified by:

resolveID in interface DBObjectID

Returns:

the DBObject referenced by this DBObjectID

Throws:

DBException

See Also:

getNewID()

getNewID

DBObjectID getNewID()

Deprecated.

This ID is used to reference an object in the database. If it is used by an object that is now in another provider then this method will return the ID of the object in that new provider.

See Also:

resolveID()

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Deprecated.

Get the name that was last known for the referenced object

getSubType

java.lang.String getSubType()

Deprecated.

Retrieves the sub-type of object referenced by this id. For exmaple, the collection type for User Defined types, or the constraint type of Constraints.

Returns:

the sub-type of object

getSchemaName

java.lang.String getSchemaName()

Deprecated.

Get the name of the Schema that was last known for the referenced object