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Interface ComplexValue

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attachment, SingleValue, UnsupportedValue, Version

public interface ComplexValue

Base interface for a value in a complex column (where there may be multiple values for a single row in the main table).

Author:

James Ahlborn

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ComplexValue.Id Identifier for a ComplexValue.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	delete() Deletes the data for this complex value from the database.
Column	getColumn()
ComplexValueForeignKey	getComplexValueForeignKey() Returns the foreign key identifier for this complex value (this value is the same for all values in the same row of the main table).
ComplexValue.Id	getId() Returns the unique identifier of this complex value (this value is unique among all values in all rows of the main table).
void	setComplexValueForeignKey(ComplexValueForeignKey complexValueFk)
void	setId(ComplexValue.Id newId) Called once when a new ComplexValue is saved to set the new unique identifier.
void	update() Writes any updated data for this complex value to the database.

Method Detail

getId

ComplexValue.Id getId()

Returns the unique identifier of this complex value (this value is unique among all values in all rows of the main table).

Returns:

the current id or ComplexColumnInfoImpl.INVALID_ID for a new, unsaved value.

setId

void setId(ComplexValue.Id newId)

Called once when a new ComplexValue is saved to set the new unique identifier.

getComplexValueForeignKey

ComplexValueForeignKey getComplexValueForeignKey()

Returns the foreign key identifier for this complex value (this value is the same for all values in the same row of the main table).

Returns:

the current id or ComplexColumnInfoImpl.INVALID_FK for a new, unsaved value.

setComplexValueForeignKey

void setComplexValueForeignKey(ComplexValueForeignKey complexValueFk)

getColumn

Column getColumn()

Returns:

the column in the main table with which this complex value is associated

update

void update()
     throws IOException

Writes any updated data for this complex value to the database.

Throws:

IOException

delete

void delete()
     throws IOException

Deletes the data for this complex value from the database.

Throws:

IOException