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

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

public TypeConvertor getConvertor()

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

Returns:

Convertor from field type

getConvertorParam

public java.lang.String getConvertorParam()

Returns the convertor parameter.

Returns:

Convertor parameter

getSQLName

public java.lang.String[] getSQLName()

Returns the SQL name of this field.

Returns:

The SQL name of this field

getSQLType

public int[] getSQLType()

Returns the SQL type of this field.

Returns:

The SQL type of this field

getManyTable

public java.lang.String getManyTable()

getManyKey

public java.lang.String[] getManyKey()

isDirtyCheck

public boolean isDirtyCheck()

Returns true if dirty checking is required for this field.

Returns:

True if dirty checking required

isReadonly

public boolean isReadonly()