/*
*
* SchemaCrawler
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
* Copyright (c) 2000-2011, Sualeh Fatehi.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
* of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
* without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
* See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
* library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package schemacrawler.schema;
/**
* Represents a column in a database table or procedure.
*
* @author Sualeh Fatehi
*/
public interface Column
extends BaseColumn
{
/**
* Gets the default data value for the column.
*
* @return Default data value for the column
*/
String getDefaultValue();
/**
* Gets a privilege by name.
*
* @param name
* Name
* @return Privilege.
*/
Privilege getPrivilege(String name);
/**
* Gets the list of privileges for the table.
*
* @return Privileges for the table
*/
Privilege[] getPrivileges();
/**
* Referenced column if this column is part of a foreign key, null
* otherwise.
*
* @return Referenced column
*/
Column getReferencedColumn();
/**
* True if this column is part of a foreign key.
*
* @return If the column is part of a foreign key
*/
boolean isPartOfForeignKey();
/**
* True if this column is a part of primary key.
*
* @return If the column is a part of primary key
*/
boolean isPartOfPrimaryKey();
/**
* True if this column is a unique index.
*
* @return If the column is a unique index
*/
boolean isPartOfUniqueIndex();
}