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1 /*
2
3    Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary.UniqueSQLObjectDescriptor
4
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13
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19
20  */

21
22 package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary;
23
24 import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;
25
26 import org.apache.derby.catalog.UUID;
27
28 /**
29  * This is a descriptor for something that is a
30  * SQL object that has the following properties:
31  * <UL>
32  * <LI> resides in a schema </LI>
33  * <LI> has a name (that is unique when combined with schema) </LI>
34  * <LI> has a unique identifier (UUID) </LI>
35  * </UL>
36  *
37  * UUIDS.
38  *
39  * @author jamie
40  */

41 public interface UniqueSQLObjectDescriptor extends UniqueTupleDescriptor
42 {
43     /**
44      * Get the name of this object. E.g. for a table descriptor,
45      * this will be the table name.
46      *
47      * @return the name
48      */

49     public String JavaDoc getName();
50
51     /**
52      * Get the objects schema descriptor
53      *
54      * @return the schema descriptor
55      *
56      * @exception StandardException on error
57      */

58     public SchemaDescriptor getSchemaDescriptor()
59         throws StandardException;
60 }
61
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