schemacrawler.schema

Interface BaseColumn<D extends DatabaseObject>

All Superinterfaces:

AttributedObject, java.lang.Comparable<NamedObject>, ContainedObject<D>, DatabaseObject, DependantObject<D>, DescribedObject, NamedObject, java.io.Serializable, TypedObject<ColumnDataType>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Column, FunctionColumn, IndexColumn, ProcedureColumn, ResultsColumn, RoutineColumn<R>, TableConstraintColumn

public interface BaseColumn<D extends DatabaseObject>
extends DependantObject<D>, TypedObject<ColumnDataType>

Column for tables and routines.

Author:

Sualeh Fatehi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ColumnDataType	getColumnDataType() Gets the column data type.
int	getDecimalDigits() Get the number of fractional digits.
int	getOrdinalPosition() Get the ordinal position of the column in the table, starting at 1.
int	getSize() Get the column size.
java.lang.String	getWidth() Gets the width of the column, if the column width is required.
boolean	isNullable() Whether the column is nullable.

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.DependantObject

getShortName, isParentPartial

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.DatabaseObject

getSchema

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.NamedObject

getFullName, getName, toUniqueLookupKey

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.AttributedObject

getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributes, hasAttribute, lookupAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.DescribedObject

getRemarks, hasRemarks

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.ContainedObject

getParent

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.TypedObject

getType

Method Detail

getColumnDataType

ColumnDataType getColumnDataType()

Gets the column data type.

Returns:

Column data type

getDecimalDigits

int getDecimalDigits()

Get the number of fractional digits.

Returns:

Number of fractional digits

getOrdinalPosition

int getOrdinalPosition()

Get the ordinal position of the column in the table, starting at 1.

Returns:

Ordinal position of the column in the table, starting at 1

getSize

int getSize()

Get the column size. For char or date types this is the maximum number of characters, for numeric or decimal types this is precision.

Returns:

Column size

getWidth

java.lang.String getWidth()

Gets the width of the column, if the column width is required. (Column width is not significant for column types such as TIME and DATE.)

Returns:

Column width as a String

isNullable

boolean isNullable()

Whether the column is nullable.

Returns:

Whether the column is nullable