org.castor.ddlgen.typeinfo
Interface TypeInfo

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractType

public interface TypeInfo

Interface associates JDBC to SQL type and its parameters.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 16:09:10 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Le Duc Bao, Ralf Joachim

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getJdbcType() Get JDBC type.
java.lang.String	getSqlType() Get SQL type.
void	merge(TypeInfo type) Merge 2 TypeInfo's.
java.lang.String	toDDL(Field field) Build DDL string with SQL type and parameters.

Method Detail

getJdbcType

public java.lang.String getJdbcType()

Get JDBC type.

Returns:

The JDBC type.

getSqlType

public java.lang.String getSqlType()

Get SQL type.

Returns:

The SQL type.

merge

public void merge(TypeInfo type)
           throws GeneratorException

Merge 2 TypeInfo's.

Parameters:

type - type infor

Throws:

GeneratorException - exception

toDDL

public java.lang.String toDDL(Field field)
                       throws GeneratorException

Build DDL string with SQL type and parameters.

Parameters:

field - The field to get specific parameters from.

Returns:

Type string for DDL.

Throws:

GeneratorException - If required parameters is not defined.