schemacrawler.schema
Interface ColumnDataType

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<NamedObject>, DatabaseObject, NamedObject, Serializable

public interface ColumnDataType
extends DatabaseObject

Represents a column type. Provides the java.sql.Types type, the java.sql.Types type name, and the database specific data type name.

Author:

Sualeh Fatehi

Method Summary

ColumnDataType	getBaseType() Gets the base type of the data type.
String	getCreateParameters() Gets the parameters needed when using this data type.
String	getDatabaseSpecificTypeName() Gets the database specific data type name.
String	getLiteralPrefix() Gets the literal prefix.
String	getLiteralSuffix() Gets the literal suffix.
String	getLocalTypeName() Gets the local data type name.
int	getMaximumScale() Gets the maximum scale.
int	getMinimumScale() Gets the minimum scale.
int	getNumPrecisionRadix() Gets the precision of the radix.
long	getPrecision() Gets the precision.
SearchableType	getSearchable() Gets the search method.
int	getType() Gets the java.sql.Types type.
String	getTypeClassName() Gets the Java class name for the type.
String	getTypeName() Gets the java.sql.Types type name.
boolean	isAutoIncrementable() Whether the data type is auto-incrementable.
boolean	isCaseSensitive() Whether the data type is case-sensitive.
boolean	isFixedPrecisionScale() Whether the data type has a fixed precision scale.
boolean	isNullable() Whether the data type is nullable.
boolean	isUnsigned() Whether the data type is unsigned.
boolean	isUserDefined() Whether the data type is user-defined.

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

getBaseType

ColumnDataType getBaseType()

Gets the base type of the data type.

Returns:

Base type

getCreateParameters

String getCreateParameters()

Gets the parameters needed when using this data type.

Returns:

Parameters needed when using this data type

getDatabaseSpecificTypeName

String getDatabaseSpecificTypeName()

Gets the database specific data type name.

Returns:

Database specific data type name

getLiteralPrefix

String getLiteralPrefix()

Gets the literal prefix.

Returns:

Literal prefix

getLiteralSuffix

String getLiteralSuffix()

Gets the literal suffix.

Returns:

Literal suffix

getLocalTypeName

String getLocalTypeName()

Gets the local data type name.

Returns:

Local data type name

getMaximumScale

int getMaximumScale()

Gets the maximum scale.

Returns:

Maximum scale

getMinimumScale

int getMinimumScale()

Gets the minimum scale.

Returns:

Minimum scale

getNumPrecisionRadix

int getNumPrecisionRadix()

Gets the precision of the radix.

Returns:

Precision of the radix

getPrecision

long getPrecision()

Gets the precision.

Returns:

Precision

getSearchable

SearchableType getSearchable()

Gets the search method.

Returns:

Search method

getType

int getType()

Gets the java.sql.Types type.

Returns:

java.sql.Types type

getTypeClassName

String getTypeClassName()

Gets the Java class name for the type.

Returns:

The Java class name for the type

getTypeName

String getTypeName()

Gets the java.sql.Types type name.

Returns:

java.sql.Types type name

isAutoIncrementable

boolean isAutoIncrementable()

Whether the data type is auto-incrementable.

Returns:

Whether the data type is auto-incrementable

isCaseSensitive

boolean isCaseSensitive()

Whether the data type is case-sensitive.

Returns:

Whether the data type is case-sensitive

isFixedPrecisionScale

boolean isFixedPrecisionScale()

Whether the data type has a fixed precision scale.

Returns:

Whether the data type has a fixed precision scale

isNullable

boolean isNullable()

Whether the data type is nullable.

Returns:

Whether the data type is nullable

isUnsigned

boolean isUnsigned()

Whether the data type is unsigned.

Returns:

Whether the data type is unsigned

isUserDefined

boolean isUserDefined()

Whether the data type is user-defined.

Returns:

Whether the data type is user-defined