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 /** 20 * @author <a HREF="mailto:joe@ispsoft.de">Jochen Wiedmann</a> 21 */ 22 public interface Statement { 23 /** <p>Returns the {@link org.apache.ws.jaxme.sqls.SQLFactory} 24 * that created this Statement.</p> 25 */ 26 public SQLFactory getSQLFactory(); 27 28 /** <p>Sets the table, for which the statement applies and returns 29 * a reference to the table.</p> 30 */ 31 public TableReference setTable(Table pTable); 32 33 /** <p>Returns the table reference, for which the statement applies.</p> 34 */ 35 public TableReference getTableReference(); 36 37 /** <p>Creates a new function, which may be added to a 38 * {@link org.apache.ws.jaxme.sqls.BooleanConstraint}.</p> 39 */ 40 public Function createFunction(String pName); 41 42 /** Creates a new instance of {@link Case}. 43 */ 44 public Case newCase(Column.Type pType); 45 } 46