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Plugin for DataNucleus providing persistence to RDBMS datastores.
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package org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.table;
import org.datanucleus.metadata.AbstractMemberMetaData;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSStoreManager;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.exceptions.ColumnDefinitionException;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.identifier.DatastoreIdentifier;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.column.ColumnMapping;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.java.JavaTypeMapping;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.schema.RDBMSColumnInfo;
import org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.schema.SQLTypeInfo;
/**
* Interface for a column in an RDBMS datastore.
*/
public interface Column extends org.datanucleus.store.schema.table.Column
{
public static final int WRAPPER_FUNCTION_SELECT = 0;
public static final int WRAPPER_FUNCTION_INSERT = 1;
public static final int WRAPPER_FUNCTION_UPDATE = 2;
/**
* Accessor for the StoreManager for this column.
* @return The StoreManager.
*/
RDBMSStoreManager getStoreManager();
/**
* Accessor for the table for this column
* @return The table
*/
Table getTable();
/**
* Accessor for the type of data stored in this field.
* @return The type of data in the field.
*/
String getStoredJavaType();
/**
* Mutator for the identifier of the column.
* @param identifier The identifier
*/
void setIdentifier(DatastoreIdentifier identifier);
/**
* Accessor for the identifier for this object.
* @return The identifier.
*/
DatastoreIdentifier getIdentifier();
/**
* Mutator for whether we set this column as an identity column.
* An "identity" column is typically treated differently in the datastore being given a value by the datastore itself.
* In RDBMS this would mean that the column is "AUTO_INCREMENT", "SERIAL" etc
* @param identity True if column is identity
* @return The Column
*/
Column setIdentity(boolean identity);
/**
* Accessor for the whether this column is an identity column.
* @return true if column is identity.
*/
boolean isIdentity();
/**
* Method to associate this column with its mapping.
* @param mapping The mapping for this column
*/
void setColumnMapping(ColumnMapping mapping);
/**
* Accessor for the column mapping that this column relates to.
* @return The column mapping
*/
ColumnMapping getColumnMapping();
/**
* Accessor for the JavaTypeMapping for the field/property that owns this column.
* @return The JavaTypeMapping
*/
JavaTypeMapping getJavaTypeMapping();
/**
* Copy the configuration of this field to another field
* @param col the column to copy
*/
void copyConfigurationTo(Column col);
/**
* Accessor for the MetaData of the field/property that this is the column for.
* @return MetaData of the field/property (if representing a field/property of a class).
*/
AbstractMemberMetaData getMemberMetaData();
/**
* Convenience method to check if the length is required to be unlimited (BLOB/CLOB).
* @return Whether unlimited length required.
*/
boolean isUnlimitedLength();
/**
* Mutator for the type information of the column.
* @param typeInfo The type info
* @return The column with the updated info
*/
Column setTypeInfo(SQLTypeInfo typeInfo);
/**
* Accessor for the type info for this column.
* @return The type info
*/
SQLTypeInfo getTypeInfo();
/**
* Accessor for the SQL definition of this column.
* @return The SQL definition of the column
*/
String getSQLDefinition();
/**
* Initialize the default column value and auto increment
* @param ci The column information
*/
void initializeColumnInfoFromDatastore(RDBMSColumnInfo ci);
/**
* Method to validate the contents of the column. This method can throw
* IncompatibleDataTypeException, WrongScaleException,
* WrongPrecisionException, IsNullableException if the data in the column is
* not compatible with the supplied ColumnInfo.
* @param ci The column information taken from the database
*/
void validate(RDBMSColumnInfo ci);
/**
* Mutator for the CHECK constraints of the column.
* @param constraints The constraints
* @return The column with the updated info
*/
Column setCheckConstraints(String constraints);
/**
* Accessor for CHECK constraints for this column.
* @return Returns any CHECK constraints.
*/
String getCheckConstraints();
/**
* Checks the column definition as a primitive.
* @throws ColumnDefinitionException if an error occurs
*/
void checkPrimitive() throws ColumnDefinitionException;
/**
* Checks the column definition as an integer.
* @throws ColumnDefinitionException if an error occurs
*/
void checkInteger() throws ColumnDefinitionException;
/**
* Checks the column definition as a decimal.
* @throws ColumnDefinitionException if an error occurs
*/
void checkDecimal() throws ColumnDefinitionException;
/**
* Checks the column definition as a string.
* @throws ColumnDefinitionException if an error occurs
*/
void checkString() throws ColumnDefinitionException;
/**
* Wraps the column name with a FUNCTION.
* example: SQRT(?) generates: SQRT(columnName)
* @param replacementValue the replacement to ?. Probably it's a column name, that may be fully qualified name or not
* @return a String with function taking as parameter the replacementValue
*/
String applySelectFunction(String replacementValue);
/**
* Sets a function to wrap the column.
* The wrapper function String must use "?" to be replaced later by the column name.
* For example SQRT(?) generates: SQRT(COLUMN)
* @param wrapperFunction The wrapperFunction to set.
* @param wrapperMode whether select, insert or update
*/
void setWrapperFunction(String wrapperFunction, int wrapperMode);
/**
* Gets the wrapper for parameters.
* @param wrapperMode whether select, insert or update
* @return Returns the wrapperFunction.
*/
String getWrapperFunction(int wrapperMode);
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