XMLRow.java

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Derby - Class org.apache.derbyDemo.vtis.core.XMLRow

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package org.apache.derbyDemo.vtis.core;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * <p>
 * This is an Annotation describing how to decompose an XML file into
 * relational rows.
 * </p>
 *
  */
@Retention( value=RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
public  @interface  XMLRow
{
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // CONSTANTS
    //
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // BEHAVIOR
    //
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /** The tag name of Elements which should be mapped to SQL rows */
    String      rowTag();
    
    /** The columns in a row, including the column names and their lengths */
    String[]   childTags();    
    
    /** The types of the columns corresponding to the child tags*/
    String[]   childTypes();    

    /** The name of the VTI class which produces the rows */
    String      vtiClassName();
    
}