org.jooq.meta

Interface UniqueKeyDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

ConstraintDefinition, Definition

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition

public interface UniqueKeyDefinition
extends ConstraintDefinition

An object holding information about an inverse foreign key relationship.

This object may either represent a primary key or a unique key. It holds a list of foreign keys referencing this key.

Author:

Lukas Eder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<ForeignKeyDefinition>	getForeignKeys() The foreign keys referencing this primary key
List<ColumnDefinition>	getKeyColumns() The list of columns making up the primary key.
boolean	isPrimaryKey() Whether this unique key is the primary key
UniqueKeyDefinition	resolveReferencedKey() Resolve a referenced key.

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.ConstraintDefinition

enforced, getTable

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.Definition

getCatalog, getComment, getDatabase, getDefinitionPath, getInputName, getName, getOutputName, getOverload, getPackage, getQualifiedInputName, getQualifiedInputNamePart, getQualifiedName, getQualifiedNamePart, getQualifiedOutputName, getQualifiedOutputNamePart, getSchema, getSource

Method Detail

isPrimaryKey

boolean isPrimaryKey()

Whether this unique key is the primary key

getKeyColumns

List<ColumnDefinition> getKeyColumns()

The list of columns making up the primary key.

getForeignKeys

List<ForeignKeyDefinition> getForeignKeys()

The foreign keys referencing this primary key

resolveReferencedKey

UniqueKeyDefinition resolveReferencedKey()

Resolve a referenced key.

If this key coincides with a foreign key, resolve that foreign key recursively. In case of ambiguity (two foreign keys coinciding with a single unique key), this returns null.