org.josef.jdbc

Class Table

java.lang.Object

org.josef.jdbc.Table

public class Table
extends Object

Abstraction of a database table.

Version:

1.1 $Revision: 6488 $

Author:

Kees Schotanus

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object object) Determines whether this Table is equal to the supplied object.
List<String>	getColumnNames() Gets the list of column names that this Table contains.
List<Column>	getColumns() Gets the list of columns that this Table contains.
String	getName() Gets the name of this Table.
List<Column>	getPrimaryKeyColumns() Gets the list of primary key columns of this Table.
int	hashCode() Computes the hash code for this Table.
void	setColumns(List<Column> columns) Sets the columns for this Table.
void	setPrimaryKeyColumns(List<Column> primaryKeyColumns) Sets the list of primary key columns for this Table.
String	toString() Creates a String representation of this Table.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this Table.

Returns:

The name of this table.

getColumns

public List<Column> getColumns()

Gets the list of columns that this Table contains.

Returns:

Column list.

getColumnNames

public List<String> getColumnNames()

Gets the list of column names that this Table contains.

Returns:

Column names list.

setColumns

public void setColumns(List<Column> columns)

Sets the columns for this Table.

Parameters:

columns - The list of columns.

Throws:

NullPointerException - When the supplied columns list is null.

getPrimaryKeyColumns

public List<Column> getPrimaryKeyColumns()

Gets the list of primary key columns of this Table.

Returns:

The list of primary key columns or an empty list when no primary key has been declared for this Table.

setPrimaryKeyColumns

public void setPrimaryKeyColumns(List<Column> primaryKeyColumns)

Sets the list of primary key columns for this Table.

Parameters:

primaryKeyColumns - The list of primary key columns.
The columns in the supplied list should be a subset of the list of columns of this table, but this is not enforced by this method.

Throws:

NullPointerException - When the supplied primaryKeyColumns list is null.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Determines whether this Table is equal to the supplied object.
Both tables are equal when:

• The supplied object is of type Table
• The names in both objects are the same

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object to compare to.
Objects not of type Table will never be equal.

Returns:

True when both objects are equal, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Computes the hash code for this Table.
The hash code is equal to the hash code of the Table's name.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

Hash code of this Column.

toString

public String toString()

Creates a String representation of this Table.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation of this Table.