ColumnMetaData (GuttenBase - The database copying and migration framework 2.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<ColumnMetaData>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

InternalColumnMetaData

All Known Implementing Classes:

ColumnMetaDataImpl
```
public interface ColumnMetaData
extends Comparable<ColumnMetaData>, Serializable
```
Information about a table column.
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Author:

M. Dahm

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getColumnClassName()`
`String`	`getColumnName()`
`int`	`getColumnType()`
`String`	`getColumnTypeName()`
`int`	`getPrecision()`
`Map<String,List<ColumnMetaData>>`	`getReferencedColumns()`
`Map<String,List<ColumnMetaData>>`	`getReferencingColumns()`
`int`	`getScale()`
`TableMetaData`	`getTableMetaData()`
`boolean`	`isAutoIncrement()`
`boolean`	`isNullable()`
`boolean`	`isPrimaryKey()`

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

Method Detail

getColumnType
```
int getColumnType()
```

getColumnName
```
String getColumnName()
```

getColumnTypeName
```
String getColumnTypeName()
```

getColumnClassName
```
String getColumnClassName()
```

getTableMetaData
```
TableMetaData getTableMetaData()
```
Returns:

containing table

isNullable
```
boolean isNullable()
```

isAutoIncrement
```
boolean isAutoIncrement()
```

getPrecision
```
int getPrecision()
```

getScale
```
int getScale()
```

isPrimaryKey
```
boolean isPrimaryKey()
```

getReferencedColumns
```
Map<String,List<ColumnMetaData>> getReferencedColumns()
```
Returns:

referenced columns for each foreign key constraint

getReferencingColumns
```
Map<String,List<ColumnMetaData>> getReferencingColumns()
```
Returns:

list of referencing columns for each foreign key constraint