org.exolab.castor.jdo.engine

Interface JDOFieldDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

FieldDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDOFieldDescriptorImpl

public interface JDOFieldDescriptor
extends FieldDescriptor

Version:

$Revision: 6071 $ $Date: 2005-12-06 14:55:28 -0700 (Tue, 06 Dec 2005) $

Author:

Ralf Joachim

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TypeConvertor	getConvertor() Returns the convertor from the field type to an external type.
java.lang.String	getConvertorParam() Returns the convertor parameter.
java.lang.String[]	getManyKey()
java.lang.String	getManyTable()
java.lang.String[]	getSQLName() Returns the SQL name of this field.
int[]	getSQLType() Returns the SQL type of this field.
boolean	isDirtyCheck() Returns true if dirty checking is required for this field.
boolean	isReadonly()

Methods inherited from interface org.exolab.castor.mapping.FieldDescriptor

getClassDescriptor, getContainingClassDescriptor, getFieldName, getFieldType, getHandler, isImmutable, isMultivalued, isRequired, isTransient, setContainingClassDescriptor

Method Detail

getConvertor

TypeConvertor getConvertor()

Returns the convertor from the field type to an external type.

Returns:

Convertor from field type

getConvertorParam

java.lang.String getConvertorParam()

Returns the convertor parameter.

Returns:

Convertor parameter

getSQLName

java.lang.String[] getSQLName()

Returns the SQL name of this field.

Returns:

The SQL name of this field

getSQLType

int[] getSQLType()

Returns the SQL type of this field.

Returns:

The SQL type of this field

getManyTable

java.lang.String getManyTable()

getManyKey

java.lang.String[] getManyKey()

isDirtyCheck

boolean isDirtyCheck()

Returns true if dirty checking is required for this field.

Returns:

True if dirty checking required

isReadonly

boolean isReadonly()