Interface IColumnMetaData
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public interface IColumnMetaData
Describes the column metadata of a row.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description java.lang.String
getColumnAlias(int index)
Returns the column alias at the specified index.int
getColumnCount()
Returns the number of columns in a row of the result set.java.lang.String
getColumnLabel(int index)
Gets the label or display name of the column at the specified index.java.lang.String
getColumnName(int index)
Returns the column name at the specified index.java.lang.String
getColumnNativeTypeName(int index)
Returns the data provider specific data type name of the specified column.int
getColumnType(int index)
Returns the data type of the column at the specified index.java.lang.String
getColumnTypeName(int index)
Returns the Data Engine data type name of the column at the specified index.boolean
isComputedColumn(int index)
Indicates whether the specified projected column is defined as a computed column.
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Method Detail
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getColumnCount
int getColumnCount()
Returns the number of columns in a row of the result set.- Returns:
- the number of columns in a row.
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getColumnName
java.lang.String getColumnName(int index) throws ScriptException
Returns the column name at the specified index.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- The name of the specified column.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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getColumnAlias
java.lang.String getColumnAlias(int index) throws ScriptException
Returns the column alias at the specified index. An alias is given to a column as a programmatic convenience. A column can be referred using a name or an alias interchangeably.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- The alias of the specified column. Null if none is defined.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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getColumnType
int getColumnType(int index) throws ScriptException
Returns the data type of the column at the specified index.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- The data type of the specified column, as an integer defined in org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.api.DataType.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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getColumnTypeName
java.lang.String getColumnTypeName(int index) throws ScriptException
Returns the Data Engine data type name of the column at the specified index.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- The Data Engine data type name of the specified column.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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getColumnNativeTypeName
java.lang.String getColumnNativeTypeName(int index) throws ScriptException
Returns the data provider specific data type name of the specified column.- Returns:
- the data type name as defined by the data provider.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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getColumnLabel
java.lang.String getColumnLabel(int index) throws ScriptException
Gets the label or display name of the column at the specified index.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- The label of the specified column.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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isComputedColumn
boolean isComputedColumn(int index) throws ScriptException
Indicates whether the specified projected column is defined as a computed column. A computed column is one that is not retrieved from the underlying data provider. Only those computed columns declared explicitly in a data set design are considered as "computed" columns.- Parameters:
index
- The projected column index.- Returns:
- true if the given column is a computed column; false otherwise.
- Throws:
ScriptException
- if given index is invalid.
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