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package org.jooq;
/**
* A record type for {@link Table}, {@link Cursor}, {@link Result} and other
* objects.
* <p>
* This type differs from {@link Row} in several ways:
* <ul>
* <li>It is generic using <code><R></code></li>
* <li>It is not repeated for degrees 1 to 22, such as {@link Row1} ..
* {@link RowN}</li>
* <li>It is not part of the DSL</li>
* </ul>
*
* @author Lukas Eder
*/
public interface RecordType<R extends Record> {
/**
* Get the degree of this record type.
*/
int size();
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type.
* <p>
* Usually, this will return the field itself. However, if this is a row
* type from an aliased table, the field will be aliased accordingly.
*
* @param <T> The generic field type
* @param field The field to fetch
* @return The field itself or an aliased field
*/
<T> Field<T> field(Field<T> field);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @return The field with the given name
*/
Field<?> field(String fieldName);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>type</code>.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @param type The type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(String fieldName, Class<T> type);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>dataType</code>.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @param dataType The data type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(String fieldName, DataType<T> dataType);
/**
* Get a specific qualified field from this record type.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @return The field with the given name
*/
Field<?> field(Name fieldName);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>type</code>.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @param type The type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(Name fieldName, Class<T> type);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>dataType</code>.
*
* @param fieldName The field to fetch
* @param dataType The data type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(Name fieldName, DataType<T> dataType);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type.
*
* @param fieldIndex The field's index of the field to fetch
* @return The field with the given name
*/
Field<?> field(int fieldIndex);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>type</code>.
*
* @param fieldIndex The field's index of the field to fetch
* @param type The type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(int fieldIndex, Class<T> type);
/**
* Get a specific field from this record type coerced to <code>dataType</code>.
*
* @param fieldIndex The field's index of the field to fetch
* @param dataType The data type to coerce the resulting field to
* @return The field with the given name
*/
<T> Field<T> field(int fieldIndex, DataType<T> dataType);
/**
* Get all fields from this record type.
*
* @return All available fields
*/
Field<?>[] fields();
/**
* Get all fields from this record type, providing some fields.
*
* @return All available fields
* @see #field(Field)
*/
Field<?>[] fields(Field<?>... fields);
/**
* Get all fields from this record type, providing some field names.
*
* @return All available fields
* @see #field(String)
*/
Field<?>[] fields(String... fieldNames);
/**
* Get all fields from this record type, providing some field names.
*
* @return All available fields
* @see #field(Name)
*/
Field<?>[] fields(Name... fieldNames);
/**
* Get all fields from this record type, providing some field indexes.
*
* @return All available fields
* @see #field(int)
*/
Field<?>[] fields(int... fieldIndexes);
/**
* Get a field's index from this record type.
*
* @param field The field to look for
* @return The field's index or <code>-1</code> if the field is not
* contained in this <code>Row</code>
*/
int indexOf(Field<?> field);
/**
* Get a field's index from this record type.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to look for
* @return The field's index or <code>-1</code> if the field is not
* contained in this <code>Row</code>
*/
int indexOf(String fieldName);
/**
* Get a field's index from this record type.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to look for
* @return The field's index or <code>-1</code> if the field is not
* contained in this <code>Row</code>
*/
int indexOf(Name fieldName);
/**
* Get an array of types for this record type.
* <p>
* Entries in the resulting array correspond to {@link Field#getType()} for
* the corresponding <code>Field</code> in {@link #fields()}
*/
Class<?>[] types();
/**
* Get the type for a given field index.
*
* @param fieldIndex The field's index of the field's type to fetch
* @return The field's type
*/
Class<?> type(int fieldIndex);
/**
* Get the type for a given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field's name of the field's type to fetch
* @return The field's type
*/
Class<?> type(String fieldName);
/**
* Get the type for a given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field's name of the field's type to fetch
* @return The field's type
*/
Class<?> type(Name fieldName);
/**
* Get an array of data types for this record type.
* <p>
* Entries in the resulting array correspond to {@link Field#getDataType()}
* for the corresponding <code>Field</code> in {@link #fields()}
*/
DataType<?>[] dataTypes();
/**
* Get the data type for a given field index.
*
* @param fieldIndex The field's index of the field's data type to fetch
* @return The field's data type
*/
DataType<?> dataType(int fieldIndex);
/**
* Get the data type for a given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field's name of the field's data type to fetch
* @return The field's data type
*/
DataType<?> dataType(String fieldName);
/**
* Get the data type for a given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field's name of the field's data type to fetch
* @return The field's data type
*/
DataType<?> dataType(Name fieldName);
}