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| Class DbAttribute</H2> |
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| java.lang.Object |
| <IMG SRC="../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.map">org.objectstyle.cayenne.map.Attribute</A> |
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| <DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD>java.io.Serializable, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/util/CayenneMapEntry.html" title="interface in org.objectstyle.cayenne.util">CayenneMapEntry</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/util/XMLSerializable.html" title="interface in org.objectstyle.cayenne.util">XMLSerializable</A></DD> |
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| <DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DerivedDbAttribute.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.map">DerivedDbAttribute</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/wocompat/EODbAttribute.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.wocompat">EODbAttribute</A></DD> |
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| <DT><PRE>public class <B>DbAttribute</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.map">Attribute</A></DL> |
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| A DbAttribute defines a descriptor for a single database table column. |
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| <DT><B>Author:</B></DT> |
| <DD>Misha Shengaout, Andrei Adamchik</DD> |
| <DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../serialized-form.html#org.objectstyle.cayenne.map.DbAttribute">Serialized Form</A></DL> |
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| <CODE>protected boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#generated">generated</A></B></CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Defines whether this column value is generated by the database.</TD> |
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| <CODE>protected boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#mandatory">mandatory</A></B></CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Defines whether the attribute allows nulls.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE>protected int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#maxLength">maxLength</A></B></CODE> |
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| <CODE>protected int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#precision">precision</A></B></CODE> |
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| <CODE>protected boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#primaryKey">primaryKey</A></B></CODE> |
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| Defines whether the attribute is a part of the table primary key.</TD> |
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| <CODE>protected int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#type">type</A></B></CODE> |
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| Defines JDBC type of the column.</TD> |
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| <TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#entity">entity</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#name">name</A></CODE></TD> |
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| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#DbAttribute()">DbAttribute</A></B>()</CODE> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#DbAttribute(java.lang.String)">DbAttribute</A></B>(java.lang.String name)</CODE> |
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| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#DbAttribute(java.lang.String, int, org.objectstyle.cayenne.map.DbEntity)">DbAttribute</A></B>(java.lang.String name, |
| int type, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbEntity.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.map">DbEntity</A> entity)</CODE> |
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| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#encodeAsXML(org.objectstyle.cayenne.util.XMLEncoder)">encodeAsXML</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/util/XMLEncoder.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.util">XMLEncoder</A> encoder)</CODE> |
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| Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#getAliasedName(java.lang.String)">getAliasedName</A></B>(java.lang.String alias)</CODE> |
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| <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#getMaxLength()">getMaxLength</A></B>()</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Returns the length of database column described by this attribute.</TD> |
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| <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#getPrecision()">getPrecision</A></B>()</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Returns the number of digits after period for DECIMAL.</TD> |
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| <CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#getType()">getType</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Returns the SQL type of the column.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#isForeignKey()">isForeignKey</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Returns <code>true</code> if the DB column represented by this attribute is a |
| foreign key, referencing another table.</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#isGenerated()">isGenerated</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Returns true if this column value is generated by the database.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#isMandatory()">isMandatory</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| </TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#isPrimaryKey()">isPrimaryKey</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setGenerated(boolean)">setGenerated</A></B>(boolean generated)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Updates attribute "generated" property.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setMandatory(boolean)">setMandatory</A></B>(boolean mandatory)</CODE> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setMaxLength(int)">setMaxLength</A></B>(int maxLength)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Sets the length of character or binary type or max num of digits for DECIMAL.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setPrecision(int)">setPrecision</A></B>(int precision)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Sets the number of digits after period for DECIMAL.</TD> |
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| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setPrimaryKey(boolean)">setPrimaryKey</A></B>(boolean primaryKey)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Updates attribute "primaryKey" property.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbAttribute.html#setType(int)">setType</A></B>(int type)</CODE> |
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| Sets the SQL type for the column.</TD> |
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| <TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#getEntity()">getEntity</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#getName()">getName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#getParent()">getParent</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#setEntity(org.objectstyle.cayenne.map.Entity)">setEntity</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#setName(java.lang.String)">setName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/Attribute.html#setParent(java.lang.Object)">setParent</A></CODE></TD> |
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| type</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected int <B>type</B></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Defines JDBC type of the column. |
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| <A NAME="mandatory"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| mandatory</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected boolean <B>mandatory</B></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Defines whether the attribute allows nulls. |
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| <A NAME="primaryKey"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| primaryKey</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected boolean <B>primaryKey</B></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Defines whether the attribute is a part of the table primary key. |
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| generated</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected boolean <B>generated</B></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Defines whether this column value is generated by the database. Other terms for |
| such columns are "auto-increment" or "identity". |
| <P> |
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| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.2</DD> |
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| maxLength</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected int <B>maxLength</B></PRE> |
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| </DL> |
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| |
| <A NAME="precision"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| precision</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected int <B>precision</B></PRE> |
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| DbAttribute</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public <B>DbAttribute</B>()</PRE> |
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| <A NAME="DbAttribute(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| DbAttribute</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public <B>DbAttribute</B>(java.lang.String name)</PRE> |
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| DbAttribute</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public <B>DbAttribute</B>(java.lang.String name, |
| int type, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/map/DbEntity.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.map">DbEntity</A> entity)</PRE> |
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| <A NAME="encodeAsXML(org.objectstyle.cayenne.util.XMLEncoder)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| encodeAsXML</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>encodeAsXML</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/objectstyle/cayenne/util/XMLEncoder.html" title="class in org.objectstyle.cayenne.util">XMLEncoder</A> encoder)</PRE> |
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| <DD>Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder. |
| <P> |
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| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.1</DD> |
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| getAliasedName</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public java.lang.String <B>getAliasedName</B>(java.lang.String alias)</PRE> |
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| getType</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public int <B>getType</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns the SQL type of the column. |
| <P> |
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| <DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><CODE>Types</CODE></DL> |
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| setType</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setType</B>(int type)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Sets the SQL type for the column. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| <DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><CODE>Types</CODE></DL> |
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| <A NAME="isPrimaryKey()"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| isPrimaryKey</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public boolean <B>isPrimaryKey</B>()</PRE> |
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| isForeignKey</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public boolean <B>isForeignKey</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns <code>true</code> if the DB column represented by this attribute is a |
| foreign key, referencing another table. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.1</DD> |
| </DL> |
| </DD> |
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| setPrimaryKey</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setPrimaryKey</B>(boolean primaryKey)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Updates attribute "primaryKey" property. |
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| <DD><DL> |
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| isMandatory</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public boolean <B>isMandatory</B>()</PRE> |
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| setMandatory</H3> |
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| public void <B>setMandatory</B>(boolean mandatory)</PRE> |
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| getMaxLength</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public int <B>getMaxLength</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns the length of database column described by this attribute. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
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| </DD> |
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| |
| <A NAME="setMaxLength(int)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| setMaxLength</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setMaxLength</B>(int maxLength)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Sets the length of character or binary type or max num of digits for DECIMAL. |
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| <DD><DL> |
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| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="getPrecision()"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| getPrecision</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public int <B>getPrecision</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns the number of digits after period for DECIMAL. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
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| setPrecision</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setPrecision</B>(int precision)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Sets the number of digits after period for DECIMAL. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
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| </DD> |
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| |
| <A NAME="isGenerated()"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| isGenerated</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public boolean <B>isGenerated</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns true if this column value is generated by the database. Other terms for |
| such columns are "auto-increment" or "identity". |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.2</DD> |
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| |
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| setGenerated</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setGenerated</B>(boolean generated)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Updates attribute "generated" property. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.2</DD> |
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