ColumnType (MetaModel 5.3.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

HasName, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ColumnTypeImpl, LegacyDeserializationObjectInputStream.LegacyColumnType
```
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public interface ColumnType
extends HasName, Serializable
```
Represents the data-type of columns.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static ColumnType`	`ARRAY`
`static ColumnType`	`BIGINT`
`static ColumnType`	`BINARY`
`static ColumnType`	`BIT`
`static ColumnType`	`BLOB`
`static ColumnType`	`BOOLEAN`
`static ColumnType`	`CHAR`
`static ColumnType`	`CLOB`
`static ColumnType`	`DATALINK`
`static ColumnType`	`DATE`
`static ColumnType`	`DECIMAL`
`static ColumnType`	`DISTINCT`
`static ColumnType`	`DOUBLE`
`static ColumnType`	`FLOAT`
`static ColumnType`	`INET`
`static ColumnType`	`INTEGER`
`static ColumnType`	`JAVA_OBJECT`
`static ColumnType`	`LIST`
`static ColumnType`	`LONGNVARCHAR`
`static ColumnType`	`LONGVARBINARY`
`static ColumnType`	`LONGVARCHAR`
`static ColumnType`	`MAP`
`static ColumnType`	`NCHAR`
`static ColumnType`	`NCLOB`
`static ColumnType`	`NULL`
`static ColumnType`	`NUMBER`
`static ColumnType`	`NUMERIC`
`static ColumnType`	`NVARCHAR`
`static ColumnType`	`OTHER`
`static ColumnType`	`REAL`
`static ColumnType`	`REF`
`static ColumnType`	`ROWID`
`static ColumnType`	`SET`
`static ColumnType`	`SMALLINT`
`static ColumnType`	`SQLXML`
`static ColumnType`	`STRING`
`static ColumnType`	`STRUCT`
`static ColumnType`	`TIME`
`static ColumnType`	`TIMESTAMP`
`static ColumnType`	`TINYINT`
`static ColumnType`	`UUID`
`static ColumnType`	`VARBINARY`
`static ColumnType`	`VARCHAR`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Comparator<Object>`	`getComparator()`
`Class<?>`	`getJavaEquivalentClass()`
`int`	`getJdbcType()` Gets the JDBC type as per the `Types` class.
`SuperColumnType`	`getSuperType()`
`boolean`	`isBinary()`
`boolean`	`isBoolean()`
`boolean`	`isLargeObject()`
`boolean`	`isLiteral()`
`boolean`	`isNumber()`
`boolean`	`isTimeBased()`

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.metamodel.util.HasName
getName

Field Detail

CHAR
```
static final ColumnType CHAR
```

VARCHAR
```
static final ColumnType VARCHAR
```

LONGVARCHAR
```
static final ColumnType LONGVARCHAR
```

CLOB
```
static final ColumnType CLOB
```

NCHAR
```
static final ColumnType NCHAR
```

NVARCHAR
```
static final ColumnType NVARCHAR
```

LONGNVARCHAR
```
static final ColumnType LONGNVARCHAR
```

NCLOB
```
static final ColumnType NCLOB
```

TINYINT
```
static final ColumnType TINYINT
```

SMALLINT
```
static final ColumnType SMALLINT
```

INTEGER
```
static final ColumnType INTEGER
```

BIGINT
```
static final ColumnType BIGINT
```

FLOAT
```
static final ColumnType FLOAT
```

REAL
```
static final ColumnType REAL
```

DOUBLE
```
static final ColumnType DOUBLE
```

NUMERIC
```
static final ColumnType NUMERIC
```

DECIMAL
```
static final ColumnType DECIMAL
```

UUID
```
static final ColumnType UUID
```

DATE
```
static final ColumnType DATE
```

TIME
```
static final ColumnType TIME
```

TIMESTAMP
```
static final ColumnType TIMESTAMP
```

BIT
```
static final ColumnType BIT
```

BOOLEAN
```
static final ColumnType BOOLEAN
```

BINARY
```
static final ColumnType BINARY
```

VARBINARY
```
static final ColumnType VARBINARY
```

LONGVARBINARY
```
static final ColumnType LONGVARBINARY
```

BLOB
```
static final ColumnType BLOB
```

NULL
```
static final ColumnType NULL
```

OTHER
```
static final ColumnType OTHER
```

JAVA_OBJECT
```
static final ColumnType JAVA_OBJECT
```

DISTINCT
```
static final ColumnType DISTINCT
```

STRUCT
```
static final ColumnType STRUCT
```

ARRAY
```
static final ColumnType ARRAY
```

REF
```
static final ColumnType REF
```

DATALINK
```
static final ColumnType DATALINK
```

ROWID
```
static final ColumnType ROWID
```

SQLXML
```
static final ColumnType SQLXML
```

INET
```
static final ColumnType INET
```

LIST
```
static final ColumnType LIST
```

MAP
```
static final ColumnType MAP
```

SET
```
static final ColumnType SET
```

STRING
```
static final ColumnType STRING
```

NUMBER
```
static final ColumnType NUMBER
```

Method Detail
- getComparator
```
Comparator<Object> getComparator()
```
- isBoolean
```
boolean isBoolean()
```
- isBinary
```
boolean isBinary()
```
- isNumber
```
boolean isNumber()
```
- isTimeBased
```
boolean isTimeBased()
```
- isLiteral
```
boolean isLiteral()
```
- isLargeObject
```
boolean isLargeObject()
```
- getJavaEquivalentClass
```
Class<?> getJavaEquivalentClass()
```
  Returns:
  
  a java class that is appropriate for handling column values of this column type
- getSuperType
```
SuperColumnType getSuperType()
```
- getJdbcType
```
int getJdbcType()
         throws IllegalStateException
```
  Gets the JDBC type as per the Types class.
  
  Returns:
  
  an int representing one of the constants in the Types class.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - in case getting the JDBC type was unsuccesful.

Interface ColumnType

Field Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.metamodel.util.HasName

Field Detail

CHAR

VARCHAR

LONGVARCHAR

CLOB

NCHAR

NVARCHAR

LONGNVARCHAR

NCLOB

TINYINT

SMALLINT

INTEGER

BIGINT

FLOAT

REAL

DOUBLE

NUMERIC

DECIMAL

UUID

DATE

TIME

TIMESTAMP

BIT

BOOLEAN

BINARY

VARBINARY

LONGVARBINARY

BLOB

NULL

OTHER

JAVA_OBJECT

DISTINCT

STRUCT

ARRAY

REF

DATALINK

ROWID

SQLXML

INET

LIST

MAP

SET

STRING

NUMBER

Method Detail

getComparator

isBoolean

isBinary

isNumber

isTimeBased

isLiteral

isLargeObject

getJavaEquivalentClass

getSuperType

getJdbcType