oracle.binding.meta
Interface MethodReturnDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition, ParameterDefinition, VariableDefinition

public interface MethodReturnDefinition

extends ParameterDefinition

Marker interface for defining return types, as returned in the getReturnType method in OperationDefinition. Instances of this interface should return TYPE_METHODRETURN, which is defined in oracle.binding.meta.Definition, when its getType() method is called.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

TYPE_ACCESSOR, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_DATACONTROL, TYPE_DEFINITION, TYPE_DEFINITIONCONTEXT, TYPE_METHODRETURN, TYPE_NAMED, TYPE_OPERATION, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_STRUCTURE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Method Summary

StructureDefinition

getCollectionStructure() Retrieves the metadata of the return collection.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.ParameterDefinition

getStructure, isCollection, isScalarCollection, isStructured

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.VariableDefinition

getDataControlDefinition, getJavaTypeString

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.NamedDefinition

getDefinitionParent, getFullName, getName, getProperties, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

getDefinitionType

Method Detail

getCollectionStructure

public StructureDefinition getCollectionStructure()

Retrieves the metadata of the return collection. It is possible that the collection itself has operations defined, such as if the collection is a class that implements a java.util.Collection interface and contains methods for searching through its elements. Please note that this is different from the getStructure API, which returns the metadata of the collection elements.

Returns:

The metadata describing the structure of the collection, or null if there is none available for the return collection.