schemacrawler.schema
Interface Column

All Superinterfaces:

BaseColumn, Comparable<NamedObject>, DatabaseObject, DependantObject, NamedObject, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IndexColumn

public interface Column
extends BaseColumn

Represents a column in a database table or procedure.

Author:

Sualeh Fatehi

Method Summary

String	getDefaultValue() Gets the default data value for the column.
Privilege	getPrivilege(String name) Gets a privilege by name.
Privilege[]	getPrivileges() Gets the list of privileges for the table.
Column	getReferencedColumn() Referenced column if this column is part of a foreign key, null otherwise.
boolean	isPartOfForeignKey() True if this column is part of a foreign key.
boolean	isPartOfPrimaryKey() True if this column is a part of primary key.
boolean	isPartOfUniqueIndex() True if this column is a unique index.

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.BaseColumn

getDecimalDigits, getOrdinalPosition, getSize, getType, getWidth, isNullable

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.DependantObject

getParent

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.DatabaseObject

getSchema

Methods inherited from interface schemacrawler.schema.NamedObject

getAttribute, getAttributes, getFullName, getName, getRemarks, setAttribute

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getDefaultValue

String getDefaultValue()

Gets the default data value for the column.

Returns:

Default data value for the column

getPrivilege

Privilege getPrivilege(String name)

Gets a privilege by name.

Parameters:

name - Name

Returns:

Privilege.

getPrivileges

Privilege[] getPrivileges()

Gets the list of privileges for the table.

Returns:

Privileges for the table

getReferencedColumn

Column getReferencedColumn()

Referenced column if this column is part of a foreign key, null otherwise.

Returns:

Referenced column

isPartOfForeignKey

boolean isPartOfForeignKey()

True if this column is part of a foreign key.

Returns:

If the column is part of a foreign key

isPartOfPrimaryKey

boolean isPartOfPrimaryKey()

True if this column is a part of primary key.

Returns:

If the column is a part of primary key

isPartOfUniqueIndex

boolean isPartOfUniqueIndex()

True if this column is a unique index.

Returns:

If the column is a unique index