net.pleso.framework.client.dal
Interface IDataColumn

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataColumn

public interface IDataColumn

This interface represents data column (database field). It is used for column strongly typed identification. Also it contains information about column verbose name (caption), corespondenting database field name and value nullability.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCaption() Returns localized data column caption.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns native data column name.
boolean	isAllowNull() Checks whether this data column allows null value.

Method Detail

getCaption

java.lang.String getCaption()

Returns localized data column caption. It can be used for column representation on user interface controls.

Returns:

column caption

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns native data column name. It is mostly used in sort expressions and its value equals to correspondent database fiels name.

Returns:

native column name

isAllowNull

boolean isAllowNull()

Checks whether this data column allows null value.

Returns:

true if column allows null value