ColumnInfo (Castor JavaDoc)

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable
```
public final class ColumnInfo
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.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

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getIndex()`	Method returning the field index of this column.
`java.lang.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 java.lang.Object`	`toSQL(java.lang.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(java.lang.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(java.lang.String name)
```
    Constructor creating new column with only name set.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - Name to be set.
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
public java.lang.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 java.lang.Object toSQL(java.lang.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.

Class ColumnInfo

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

ColumnInfo

ColumnInfo

Method Detail

getName

getIndex

getType

isStore

isDirty

toSQL