org.jooq.meta

Interface Definition

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArrayDefinition, AttributeDefinition, CheckConstraintDefinition, ColumnDefinition, ConstraintDefinition, DomainDefinition, EmbeddableColumnDefinition, EmbeddableDefinition, EnumDefinition, ForeignKeyDefinition, IdentityDefinition, IndexColumnDefinition, IndexDefinition, PackageDefinition, ParameterDefinition, PositionedDefinition, RoutineDefinition, SequenceDefinition, TableDefinition, TableElementDefinition, TypedElementDefinition<T>, UDTDefinition, UniqueKeyDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConstraintDefinition, AbstractDefinition, AbstractElementContainerDefinition, AbstractIndexDefinition, AbstractPackageDefinition, AbstractRoutineDefinition, AbstractTableDefinition, AbstractTypedElementDefinition, AbstractUDTDefinition, CatalogDefinition, CUBRIDTableDefinition, DefaultArrayDefinition, DefaultAttributeDefinition, DefaultCheckConstraintDefinition, DefaultColumnDefinition, DefaultDomainDefinition, DefaultEmbeddableColumnDefinition, DefaultEmbeddableDefinition, DefaultEnumDefinition, DefaultForeignKeyDefinition, DefaultIdentityDefinition, DefaultIndexColumnDefinition, DefaultMetaTableDefinition, DefaultParameterDefinition, DefaultSequenceDefinition, DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition, DerbyTableDefinition, FirebirdRoutineDefinition, FirebirdTableDefinition, FirebirdTableValuedFunction, H2RoutineDefinition, H2TableDefinition, HSQLDBRoutineDefinition, HSQLDBTableDefinition, HSQLDBTableValuedFunction, MySQLRoutineDefinition, MySQLTableDefinition, PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition, PostgresRoutineDefinition, PostgresTableDefinition, PostgresTableValuedFunction, PostgresUDTDefinition, SchemaDefinition, SQLiteTableDefinition, XMLPackageDefinition, XMLRoutineDefinition, XMLTableDefinition

public interface Definition

A general interface defining any database object, such as tables, views, stored procedures, etc.

Author:

Lukas Eder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CatalogDefinition	getCatalog()
String	getComment()
Database	getDatabase()
List<Definition>	getDefinitionPath()
String	getInputName()
String	getName()
String	getOutputName()
String	getOverload()
PackageDefinition	getPackage()
String	getQualifiedInputName()
Name	getQualifiedInputNamePart()
String	getQualifiedName()
Name	getQualifiedNamePart()
String	getQualifiedOutputName()
Name	getQualifiedOutputNamePart()
SchemaDefinition	getSchema()
String	getSource()

Method Detail

getDatabase

Database getDatabase()

Returns:

A reference to the Database context

getCatalog

CatalogDefinition getCatalog()

Returns:

The catalog of this object.

getSchema

SchemaDefinition getSchema()

Returns:

The schema of this object or null if this object is a CatalogDefinition.

getPackage

PackageDefinition getPackage()

Returns:

The package of this object or null if this object is not contained in a package.

getName

String getName()

Returns:

The name of this object, e.g. [my_table]. This corresponds to getInputName()

getInputName

String getInputName()

Returns:

The name of this object, e.g. [my_table], as defined in the source database.

getOutputName

String getOutputName()

Returns:

The name of this object, e.g. [my_table], as defined for the target database. This may differ from the input name if schema / table rewriting is applied.

getComment

String getComment()

Returns:

The comment of this object

getDefinitionPath

List<Definition> getDefinitionPath()

Returns:

A path of definitions for this definition, e.g. [schema].[package].[routine].[parameter]

getQualifiedName

String getQualifiedName()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getName())

getQualifiedInputName

String getQualifiedInputName()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getInputName())

getQualifiedOutputName

String getQualifiedOutputName()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getOutputName())

getQualifiedNamePart

Name getQualifiedNamePart()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getName())

getQualifiedInputNamePart

Name getQualifiedInputNamePart()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getInputName())

getQualifiedOutputNamePart

Name getQualifiedOutputNamePart()

Returns:

A qualified name for this object (corresponding to getOutputName())

getOverload

String getOverload()

Returns:

The overload suffix if applicable

getSource

String getSource()

Returns:

The source code of this object, if applicable, or null, if no such source code is available.