oracle.dmt.odm
Class DataType

java.lang.Object
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  +--oracle.dmt.odm.Enum
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        +--oracle.dmt.odm.DataType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class DataType

extends Enum

The enumeration class DataType is used to specify whether the data type of an attribute is integer, float, character, string, boolean or unstructured.

The semantics of the value are as follows:

• intType - Specifies the integer data type.
• floatType - Specifies the float data type.
• charType - Specifies the character data type.
• stringType - Specifies the string data type.
• booleanType - Specifies the boolean data type.
• unstructured - Specifies the unstructured data type.

Since:

9.0.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static DataType	booleanType Boolean data type
static DataType	charType Character data type
static DataType	floatType Float data type
static DataType	intType Integer data type
static DataType	stringType String data type
static DataType	unstructuredType Unstructured data type.

Method Summary

static DataType	getInstance(int id) Returns DataType enumeration object corresponding to the specified ID.
static DataType	getInstance(java.lang.String name) Returns DataType enumeration object corresponding to the specified name.
static DataType[]	list() Returns the list of all DataType enumerations defined.
static java.lang.String[]	listNames() Returns the list of names of all DataType enumerations defined.

Methods inherited from class oracle.dmt.odm.Enum

getEnum, getID, isEqual

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

intType

public static final DataType intType

Integer data type

floatType

public static final DataType floatType

Float data type

charType

public static final DataType charType

Character data type

stringType

public static final DataType stringType

String data type

booleanType

public static final DataType booleanType

Boolean data type

unstructuredType

public static final DataType unstructuredType

Unstructured data type. This is used for Text data. Some examples of column types which belong to this data type are: BFILE, BLOB etc.

Since:

10.1

Method Detail

listNames

public static java.lang.String[] listNames()

Returns the list of names of all DataType enumerations defined.

Returns:

array of names for the DataType enumeration

list

public static DataType[] list()

Returns the list of all DataType enumerations defined.

Returns:

array of enumeration values for the DataType enumeration

getInstance

public static DataType getInstance(java.lang.String name)

Returns DataType enumeration object corresponding to the specified name.

Parameters:

name - data type name (int, float, char, string, boolean)

Returns:

instance of the DataType enumeration object corresponding to the given name, null if there is no enumeration for this name.

getInstance

public static DataType getInstance(int id)

Returns DataType enumeration object corresponding to the specified ID.

Parameters:

id - (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Returns:

instance of the DataType enumeration object corresponding to the given id, null if there is no enumeration for id.