easik.sketch.util.Export.Components
Class ExportAttribute

java.lang.Object
  easik.sketch.util.Export.Components.ExportAttribute

public class ExportAttribute
extends java.lang.Object

Class to store attribute information. Should only be used for exportation to a database. Does not provide functionality for graphical display.

Since:

2006-05-18 Vera Ranieri

Version:

2006-06-30 Vera Ranieri

Author:

Vera Ranieri 2006

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	_name The name of this attribute
private java.lang.String	_type The type of this attribute
private java.util.HashMap	_types The HashMap of types, indexed by the platform

Constructor Summary

ExportAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String tempType, java.util.HashMap types)
Constructor.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getAttributeString(ExportTable t) Formats the Attribute string for SQL.
java.lang.String	getName() Getter method for the name of the attribute
java.lang.String	getType() Getter method for the data type of the attribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_name

private java.lang.String _name

The name of this attribute

_type

private java.lang.String _type

The type of this attribute

_types

private java.util.HashMap _types

The HashMap of types, indexed by the platform

Constructor Detail

ExportAttribute

public ExportAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String tempType,
                       java.util.HashMap types)

Constructor. Attributes are not allowed to have whitespace in the name. Any contained whitespaces are replaced with an underscore.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute

tempType - The data type of the attribute

types - HashMap of all types, indexed by the key type

Since:

2006-05-18, Vera Ranieri

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Getter method for the name of the attribute

Returns:

The name of the attribute

Since:

2006-05-18, Vera Ranieri

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Getter method for the data type of the attribute

Returns:

The data type of the attribute

Since:

2006-05-18, Vera Ranieri

getAttributeString

public static java.lang.String getAttributeString(ExportTable t)

Formats the Attribute string for SQL. Accepts a table as a parameter. The attributes of this table are then determined and the attribute string is created. This attribute string does not contain any foreign key references or unique or primary key references.

Parameters:

t - The table for which attributes need to be determined.

Returns:

The attribute string formatted for SQL derived from table t

Since:

2006-06-14, Vera Ranieri