oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm

Class MdmColumn

java.lang.Object

oracle.olapi.metadata.BaseMetadataObject

oracle.olapi.metadata.PublicMetadataObject

oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmObject

oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmSource

oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmColumn

All Implemented Interfaces:

MdmQueryColumn, MetadataObject

public class MdmColumn
extends MdmSource
implements MdmQueryColumn

An MdmSource that represents a column of a table in a relational database. Some of the methods of MdmTable return MdmColumn objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	acceptVisitor(MdmObjectVisitor visitor, java.lang.Object context) Calls the visitMdmColumn method of the MdmObjectVisitor and passes that method this MdmColumn and an Object.
BaseMetadataObject	getColumnObject() Gets this MdmColumn as a BaseMetadataObject.
SQLDataType	getSQLDataType() Gets the SQLDataType that is associated with this MdmColumn.
MdmTable	getTable() Gets the MdmTable that is associated with this MdmColumn.
MetadataObject	getType() Gets the data type of this MdmColumn.

Methods inherited from class oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmSource

getDataType, getSource

Methods inherited from class oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmObject

addDescription, addObjectClassification, findOrCreateDescription, getDescription, getDescription, getDescription, getDescriptions, getMetadataProvider, getObjectClassifications, getShortDescription, isClassifiedAs, removeDescription, removeObjectClassification, setDescription, setDescription, setDescription, setName, setShortDescription

Methods inherited from class oracle.olapi.metadata.BaseMetadataObject

getContainedByObject, getID, getName, getNewName, getOwner

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface oracle.olapi.metadata.mdm.MdmQueryColumn

getName

Method Detail

acceptVisitor

public java.lang.Object acceptVisitor(MdmObjectVisitor visitor,
                                      java.lang.Object context)

Calls the visitMdmColumn method of the MdmObjectVisitor and passes that method this MdmColumn and an Object.

Specified by:

acceptVisitor in class MdmObject

Parameters:

visitor - An MdmObjectVisitor that is an instance of Mdm11_ObjectVisitor.

context - An Object.

Returns:

The Object returned by the visitMdmColumn method.

getTable

public final MdmTable getTable()

Gets the MdmTable that is associated with this MdmColumn.

Returns:

The MdmTable that owns this MdmColumn.

getSQLDataType

public final SQLDataType getSQLDataType()

Gets the SQLDataType that is associated with this MdmColumn.

Specified by:

getSQLDataType in interface MdmQueryColumn

Returns:

The SQLDataType of this MdmColumn.

getColumnObject

public final BaseMetadataObject getColumnObject()

Gets this MdmColumn as a BaseMetadataObject.

Specified by:

getColumnObject in interface MdmQueryColumn

Returns:

This MdmColumn as a BaseMetadataObject.

getType

public final MetadataObject getType()

Gets the data type of this MdmColumn.

Specified by:

getType in class MdmSource

Returns:

The data type of this MdmColumn.