1 /* 2 * Copyright 2003, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 16 */ 17 package org.apache.ws.jaxme.sqls; 18 19 /** <p>Interface of a column reference.</p> 20 * 21 * @author <a HREF="mailto:joe@ispsoft.de">Jochen Wiedmann</a> 22 */ 23 public interface ColumnReference { 24 /** <p>Returns the {@link TableReference} that created the 25 * column reference.</p> 26 */ 27 public TableReference getTableReference(); 28 29 /** <p>Returns the referenced {@link Column}.</p> 30 */ 31 public Column getColumn(); 32 33 /** <p>Sets the references alias name, if any. Null indicates, 34 * that an alias name may be choosen.</p> 35 */ 36 public void setAlias(String pName); 37 38 /** <p>Sets the references alias name, if any. Null indicates, 39 * that an alias name may be choosen.</p> 40 */ 41 public void setAlias(Column.Name pName); 42 43 /** <p>Returns the references alias name, if any. Null indicates, 44 * that an alias name may be choosen.</p> 45 */ 46 public Column.Name getAlias(); 47 } 48