org.hibernate.tool.schema.extract.spi

Interface ColumnInformation

public interface ColumnInformation

Provides access to information about existing table columns

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Identifier	getColumnIdentifier() The simple (not qualified) column name.
int	getColumnSize() The column size (length).
TableInformation	getContainingTableInformation() Access to the containing table.
int	getDecimalDigits() The precision, for numeric types
TruthValue	getNullable() Is the column nullable.
int	getTypeCode() The JDBC type-code.
String	getTypeName() The database specific type name.

Method Detail

getContainingTableInformation

TableInformation getContainingTableInformation()

Access to the containing table.

Returns:

The containing table information

getColumnIdentifier

Identifier getColumnIdentifier()

The simple (not qualified) column name.

Returns:

The column simple identifier.

getNullable

TruthValue getNullable()

Is the column nullable. The database is allowed to report unknown, hence the use of TruthValue

Returns:

nullability.

getTypeCode

int getTypeCode()

The JDBC type-code.

Returns:

JDBC type-code

getTypeName

String getTypeName()

The database specific type name.

Returns:

Type name

getColumnSize

int getColumnSize()

The column size (length).

Returns:

The column length

getDecimalDigits

int getDecimalDigits()

The precision, for numeric types

Returns:

The numeric precision