com.infoviz.datamodel.table
Class IVColumnDefinition

java.lang.Object
  com.infoviz.datamodel.table.IVColumnDefinition

public class IVColumnDefinition

extends java.lang.Object

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Constructor Summary

IVColumnDefinition(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String displayName, java.lang.Class type)
constructor

IVColumnDefinition(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String displayName, java.lang.Class type, boolean allowNull)
constructor

Method Summary

boolean	allowsNull()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object another) compares columns
java.lang.String	getDisplayName()
java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.Class	getType()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isValidValue(java.lang.Object value) determines this value is a valid value for the column
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IVColumnDefinition

public IVColumnDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.String displayName,
                          java.lang.Class type)

constructor

Parameters:

name - a name that is used in column data manipulation and queries, should not be null

displayName - a name that is used for display

type - the data type of the column

IVColumnDefinition

public IVColumnDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.String displayName,
                          java.lang.Class type,
                          boolean allowNull)

constructor

Parameters:

name - a name that is used in column data manipulation and queries, should not be null

displayName - a name that is used for display

type - the data type of the column

allowNull - allow column values to be null, default is true

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getDisplayName

public java.lang.String getDisplayName()

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

allowsNull

public boolean allowsNull()

isValidValue

public boolean isValidValue(java.lang.Object value)

determines this value is a valid value for the column

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

true if valid

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object another)

compares columns

Parameters:

another -

Returns:

true if name is the same

hashCode

public int hashCode()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()