org.eclipse.jpt.db
Interface DatabaseObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

Catalog, Column, ConnectionProfile, Database, ForeignKey, Schema, SchemaContainer, Sequence, Table

public interface DatabaseObject

Common behavior to all database objects

Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.

Field Summary

static java.util.Comparator<DatabaseObject>	DEFAULT_COMPARATOR
static org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.Transformer<DatabaseObject,java.lang.String>	IDENTIFIER_TRANSFORMER
static org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.Transformer<DatabaseObject,java.lang.String>	NAME_TRANSFORMER

Method Summary

ConnectionProfile	getConnectionProfile() Return the database object's connection profile.
Database	getDatabase() Return the database object's database.
java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Return the database object's "identifier", which is the object's name modified so it can be used in an SQL statement (e.g.
java.lang.String	getIdentifier(java.lang.String defaultName) Return the database object's "identifier", which is the object's name modified so it can be used in an SQL statement (e.g.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the database object's name.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_COMPARATOR

static final java.util.Comparator<DatabaseObject> DEFAULT_COMPARATOR

NAME_TRANSFORMER

static final org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.Transformer<DatabaseObject,java.lang.String> NAME_TRANSFORMER

IDENTIFIER_TRANSFORMER

static final org.eclipse.jpt.utility.internal.Transformer<DatabaseObject,java.lang.String> IDENTIFIER_TRANSFORMER

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return the database object's name.

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier(java.lang.String defaultName)

Return the database object's "identifier", which is the object's name modified so it can be used in an SQL statement (e.g. if the name contains special characters or is mixed case, it will be delimited, typically by double-quotes). Return null if the database object's identifier matches the specified "default name".

This is used by the old entity generation code to determine whether a generated annotation must explicitly identify a database object (e.g. a table) or the specified default adequately identifies the database object (taking into consideration case-sensitivity and special characters).

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Return the database object's "identifier", which is the object's name modified so it can be used in an SQL statement (e.g. if the name contains special characters or is mixed case, it will be delimited, typically by double-quotes).

getDatabase

Database getDatabase()

Return the database object's database.

getConnectionProfile

ConnectionProfile getConnectionProfile()

Return the database object's connection profile.