com.ibm.able.data
Class AbleFieldDefinition

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.able.data.AbleFieldDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class AbleFieldDefinition

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class represents a single field of externally described data It includes a field name, a data type, and a usage (input/output/ignore)

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int	dataType
protected java.lang.String	dataTypeString
protected java.lang.String	name
protected static long	serialVersionUID
protected java.lang.String	usageString
protected int	usageType

Constructor Summary

AbleFieldDefinition(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String usage)
Construct an AbleFieldDefinition with name, type and usage specified

Method Summary

int	getDataType() return the data type id
java.lang.String	getDataTypeString() get the data type of this field as a string (e.g.
java.lang.String	getName() return the field name
java.lang.String	getUsageString() get the usage type of this field as a string (e.g.
int	getUsageType() return the usage type id
java.lang.String	toString() return a string equivalent to a record in a *.dfn file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

protected static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

name

protected java.lang.String name

dataTypeString

protected java.lang.String dataTypeString

usageString

protected java.lang.String usageString

dataType

protected int dataType

usageType

protected int usageType

Constructor Detail

AbleFieldDefinition

public AbleFieldDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.String type,
                           java.lang.String usage)

Construct an AbleFieldDefinition with name, type and usage specified

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

return the field name

getDataType

public int getDataType()

return the data type id

getUsageType

public int getUsageType()

return the usage type id

getDataTypeString

public java.lang.String getDataTypeString()

get the data type of this field as a string (e.g. "continuous")

getUsageString

public java.lang.String getUsageString()

get the usage type of this field as a string (e.g. "input")

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

return a string equivalent to a record in a *.dfn file