org.melati.poem

Class ColumnTypePoemType

java.lang.Object

org.melati.poem.BasePoemType<T>

org.melati.poem.AtomPoemType<Integer>

org.melati.poem.IntegerPoemType

org.melati.poem.IndexPoemType

org.melati.poem.ColumnTypePoemType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, PoemType<Integer>, SQLPoemType<Integer>, SQLType<Integer>

public class ColumnTypePoemType
extends IndexPoemType

A metadata type which defines the type of another Column. Used in the ColumnInfoTable it can take positive values to indicate a reference to a type defined in the TableInfoTable or a negative value to point to a fundamental type.

See Also:

PoemTypeFactory.forCode(org.melati.poem.Database, int)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.melati.poem.IntegerPoemType

nullableInstance

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ColumnTypePoemType(Database database) Constructor for a non nullable column type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Enumeration<Integer>	possibleRaws() Get the possible values for this field, null for rangeable types with no range set.
String	toDsdType() The field type used in the Data Structure Definition language.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.melati.poem.AtomPoemType

sqlDefaultValue

Methods inherited from class org.melati.poem.BasePoemType

assertValidCooked, assertValidRaw, canRepresent, cookedOfRaw, getNullable, getRaw, quotedRaw, rawOfCooked, rawOfString, saveColumnInfo, setRaw, setRawRange, sqlDefinition, sqlTypeCode, sqlTypeDefinition, stringOfCooked, stringOfRaw, withNullable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ColumnTypePoemType

public ColumnTypePoemType(Database database)

Constructor for a non nullable column type.

Parameters:

database - the db we are dealing with

Method Detail

possibleRaws

public Enumeration<Integer> possibleRaws()

Get the possible values for this field, null for rangeable types with no range set. NOTE Null is a possible value for nullable types

Specified by:

possibleRaws in interface PoemType<Integer>

Overrides:

possibleRaws in class BasePoemType<Integer>

Returns:

an Enumeration of possibilities or null

See Also:

BasePoemType.possibleRaws()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class BasePoemType<Integer>

See Also:

BasePoemType.toString()

toDsdType

public String toDsdType()

The field type used in the Data Structure Definition language.

Specified by:

toDsdType in interface PoemType<Integer>

Overrides:

toDsdType in class IntegerPoemType

Returns:

the Type name

See Also:

PoemType.toDsdType()