oracle.jbo.common
Class ViewObjectSubclassDef

java.lang.Object
  oracle.jbo.common.ViewObjectSubclassDef

All Implemented Interfaces:

StructureDef

public class ViewObjectSubclassDef

extends java.lang.Object

implements StructureDef

Constructor Summary

ViewObjectSubclassDef(ViewObjectDynAttr vo, StructureDef viewDef)

Method Summary

AttributeDef	findAttributeDef(java.lang.String name) Gets an attribute definition, given its name.
int	getAttributeCount() Returns the number of defined attributes.
AttributeDef	getAttributeDef(int index) Gets an attribute definition, given its index.
AttributeDef[]	getAttributeDefs() Gets the defined attributes.
int	getAttributeIndexOf(java.lang.String name) Finds the index (0-based) of the named attribute.
java.lang.String	getDefFullName() Returns the fully qualified name of the structure's base definition.
java.lang.String	getDefName() Returns the structure's base definition name (short form).
java.lang.String	getFullName() Returns the structure's fully qualified name.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the structure's name (short form).
AttributeDef	lookupAttributeDef(java.lang.String name) Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ViewObjectSubclassDef

public ViewObjectSubclassDef(ViewObjectDynAttr vo,
                             StructureDef viewDef)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Returns the structure's name (short form).

Specified by:

getName in interface StructureDef

Returns:

name of the structure.

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Returns the structure's fully qualified name.

Specified by:

getFullName in interface StructureDef

Returns:

fully qualified name of the structure.

getDefName

public java.lang.String getDefName()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Returns the structure's base definition name (short form). Note that, in some cases, a StructureDef may have an instance name and definition name. For example, for a View Object, getName() returns the VO's instance name and getDefName() returns the View definition's name.

Specified by:

getDefName in interface StructureDef

Returns:

name of the structure's base definition.

getDefFullName

public java.lang.String getDefFullName()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Returns the fully qualified name of the structure's base definition. Note that, in some cases, a StructureDef may have an instance name and definition name. For example, for a View Object, getFullName() returns the VO's full instance name and getDefFullName() returns the View definition's full name.

Specified by:

getDefFullName in interface StructureDef

Returns:

fully qualified name of the structure's base definition.

getAttributeDefs

public AttributeDef[] getAttributeDefs()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Gets the defined attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributeDefs in interface StructureDef

Returns:

an array of attribute definitions.

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Returns the number of defined attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributeCount in interface StructureDef

Returns:

the number of attributes.

findAttributeDef

public AttributeDef findAttributeDef(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Specified by:

findAttributeDef in interface StructureDef

Parameters:

name - the name of an AttributeDef.

Returns:

an attribute definition

lookupAttributeDef

public AttributeDef lookupAttributeDef(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Gets an attribute definition, given its name.

Specified by:

lookupAttributeDef in interface StructureDef

Parameters:

name - the name of an AttributeDef.

Returns:

an attribute definition if found, null otherwise

getAttributeDef

public AttributeDef getAttributeDef(int index)

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Gets an attribute definition, given its index.

Specified by:

getAttributeDef in interface StructureDef

Parameters:

index - the index of an AttributeDef, where the leftmost attribute has index zero.

Returns:

an attribute definition.

getAttributeIndexOf

public int getAttributeIndexOf(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: StructureDef

Finds the index (0-based) of the named attribute.

Specified by:

getAttributeIndexOf in interface StructureDef

Parameters:

name - the attribute's name.

Returns:

an integer in the range 0 to getAttributeCount() - 1. If the named attribute is not found, it returns -1.