com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.dbmanage.statement

Class AttributeStorageDefinition

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.dbmanage.statement.AttributeStorageDefinition

public class AttributeStorageDefinition
extends java.lang.Object

Defines the attribute names and storage class of an AttributeStorage.

Author:

John_Neville

See Also:

AttributeStorage

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AttributeStorageDefinition(java.lang.String... names) Helper Constructor to use when all the attributes are Strings.
AttributeStorageDefinition(java.lang.String[] names, AttributeClass[] storage) Constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addDefinition(java.lang.String name, AttributeClass storage) Add another attribute name, storage definition pair
AttributeClass[]	getClasses()
java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String>	getNameIterator() Return a Iterator through the attribute names.
java.lang.String[]	getNames()
java.lang.String	getSelectColumns() Gives the list of column names defined, separated by commas & ready for a select statement
AttributeClass	getStorageClass(java.lang.String attrName) Gets the storage class for an attribute and also validates that the attribute name is recognized.
boolean	hasAttribute(java.lang.String attrName) Is there an attribute defined with this name?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeStorageDefinition

public AttributeStorageDefinition(java.lang.String[] names,
                          AttributeClass[] storage)

Constructor

Parameters:

names - The names of the attributes

storage - How to store the attribute values. If this parameter is null, all the attributes are assumed to be Strings.

AttributeStorageDefinition

public AttributeStorageDefinition(java.lang.String... names)

Helper Constructor to use when all the attributes are Strings.

Parameters:

names - The names of the attributes

Method Detail

getStorageClass

public AttributeClass getStorageClass(java.lang.String attrName)

Gets the storage class for an attribute and also validates that the attribute name is recognized.

Parameters:

attrName - The Name of the attribute.

Returns:

The storage class of the attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - If attribute named doesn't exist.

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Is there an attribute defined with this name?

Parameters:

attrName - The name of the attribute to check for.

Returns:

true if the attribute is defined.

getNameIterator

public java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String> getNameIterator()

Return a Iterator through the attribute names.

Returns:

an Iterator

getNames

public java.lang.String[] getNames()

Returns:

getClasses

public AttributeClass[] getClasses()

addDefinition

public void addDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                 AttributeClass storage)

Add another attribute name, storage definition pair

Parameters:

name - Name of the attribute

storage - Storage Class

getSelectColumns

public java.lang.String getSelectColumns()

Gives the list of column names defined, separated by commas & ready for a select statement

Returns:

The columns names formatted with commas.