org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.engine.info
Class ColumnInfo

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.engine.info.ColumnInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public final class ColumnInfo
extends Object
implements Cloneable

Class representing columns belonging to a table.

Version:

$Revision: 8469 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Dennis Butterstein, Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

protected	ColumnInfo(String name) Constructor creating new column with only name set.
protected	ColumnInfo(String name, int index, int type, TypeConvertor convertFrom, boolean store, boolean dirty) Constructor with all given values.

Method Summary

int	getIndex() Method returning the field index of this column.
String	getName() Method returning name of this column.
int	getType() Method returning SQL type currently set.
boolean	isDirty() Method returning dirty flag.
boolean	isStore() Method returning store flag.
protected Object	toSQL(Object object) Method to translate java data types to sql data types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ColumnInfo

protected ColumnInfo(String name,
                     int index,
                     int type,
                     TypeConvertor convertFrom,
                     boolean store,
                     boolean dirty)

Constructor with all given values.

Parameters:

name - Name of this column.

index - Index of the field this column belongs to.

type - SQL type of this column.

convertFrom - Converter to convert value of this column.

store - Flag telling if column is persistent or not.

dirty - Flag telling if this column was changed or not.

ColumnInfo

protected ColumnInfo(String name)

Constructor creating new column with only name set.

Parameters:

name - Name to be set.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Method returning name of this column.

Returns:

Name of this column.

getIndex

public int getIndex()

Method returning the field index of this column.

Returns:

Index of the field this column belongs to.

getType

public int getType()

Method returning SQL type currently set.

Returns:

SQL type currently set.

isStore

public boolean isStore()

Method returning store flag.

Returns:

Store flag.

isDirty

public boolean isDirty()

Method returning dirty flag.

Returns:

Dirty flag.

toSQL

protected Object toSQL(Object object)

Method to translate java data types to sql data types.

Parameters:

object - Object to be translated to sql data type.

Returns:

Object converted to sql data type.