ome.metakit

Class Column

java.lang.Object

ome.metakit.Column

public class Column
extends Object

Class representing a column in a Metakit database file.

Author:

Melissa Linkert melissa at glencoesoftware.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Column(String definition) Construct a new column from the given string representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Retrieve the name of the column.
Class	getType() Retrieve the Class corresponding to the column's type.
String	getTypeString() Retrieve a string representation of the type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Column

public Column(String definition)

Construct a new column from the given string representation. The string representation should take the form name:type, e.g. "fieldID:I".

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Retrieve the name of the column.

getTypeString

public String getTypeString()

Retrieve a string representation of the type. Valid values are "I", "F", "B", "S", "D", and "L".

getType

public Class getType()

Retrieve the Class corresponding to the column's type.