org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.util
Class ColumnBindingUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.util.ColumnBindingUtil

public class ColumnBindingUtil
extends java.lang.Object

The utility class for bound data columns migration.

Constructor Summary

ColumnBindingUtil()

Method Summary

static ComputedColumnHandle

addColumnBinding(ReportItemHandle handle, ComputedColumn column) Binds a column to the given element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ColumnBindingUtil

public ColumnBindingUtil()

Method Detail

addColumnBinding

public static ComputedColumnHandle addColumnBinding(ReportItemHandle handle,
                                                    ComputedColumn column)
                                             throws SemanticException

Binds a column to the given element. The column must have a name. The method will not generate a name for the binding. An exception will be thrown when trying to bind a column without a name. If the column has been bound, the exist bound column will be returned. If the column doesn't exist but has a duplicated name with exist columns, a new unique name will be assigned.

Parameters:

handle - the handle of the element to bind

column - the column to bind

Returns:

the handle of the bound column

Throws:

SemanticException