com.unister.semweb.drums.storable
Class GeneralStructure

java.lang.Object
  com.unister.semweb.drums.storable.GeneralStructure

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class GeneralStructure
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class represents the structure of one GeneralStorable-Type. It is comparable with a "Create Table" in other databases.

Author:

Martin Nettling

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

GeneralStructure.Basic_Field_Types All allowed basic types.

Constructor Summary

GeneralStructure()

Method Summary

boolean	addKeyPart(java.lang.String name, GeneralStructure.Basic_Field_Types type) Adds a new KeyPart.
boolean	addKeyPart(java.lang.String name, int size) Adds a new KeyPart
boolean	addValuePart(java.lang.String name, GeneralStructure.Basic_Field_Types type) Adds a new ValuePart.
boolean	addValuePart(java.lang.String name, int size) Adds a new ValuePart

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GeneralStructure

public GeneralStructure()

Method Detail

addValuePart

public boolean addValuePart(java.lang.String name,
                            int size)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Adds a new ValuePart

Parameters:

name - the name of the key part. With this name you can access this part

size - the size of the key part in bytes

Returns:

true if adding the value part was successful

Throws:

java.io.IOException

addValuePart

public boolean addValuePart(java.lang.String name,
                            GeneralStructure.Basic_Field_Types type)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Adds a new ValuePart. This is a wrapper method for addKeyPart(String, int).

Parameters:

name - the name of the key part. With this name you can access this part

type - the type of the key part.

Returns:

true if adding the value part was successful

Throws:

java.io.IOException

addKeyPart

public boolean addKeyPart(java.lang.String name,
                          int size)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Adds a new KeyPart

Parameters:

name - the name of the key part. With this name you can access this part

size - the size of the key part in bytes

Returns:

true if adding the key part was successful

Throws:

java.io.IOException

addKeyPart

public boolean addKeyPart(java.lang.String name,
                          GeneralStructure.Basic_Field_Types type)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Adds a new KeyPart. This is a wrapper method for addKeyPart(String, int).

Parameters:

name - the name of the key part. With this name you can access this part

type - the type of the key part.

Returns:

true if adding the key part was successful

Throws:

java.io.IOException