1 /** 2 * MEDOR: Middleware Enabling Distributed Object Requests 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D 5 * Contact: alexandre.lefebvre@rd.francetelecom.com 6 * 7 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 11 * 12 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 20 * 21 * Initial developers: M. Alia, A. Lefebvre 22 */ 23 24 package org.objectweb.medor.query.rdb.api; 25 26 import org.objectweb.medor.query.api.QueryTreeField; 27 28 /** 29 * An RdbField represents a QueryTreeField which is associated to an 30 * RdbQueryLeaf. 31 * 32 * @author Sebastien Chassande-Barrioz 33 */ 34 public interface RdbField extends QueryTreeField { 35 36 /** 37 * Returns the name of the column, either in the SQL ResultSet in the case 38 * of RdbStringQueryLeaf, or the name of the column in the QualifiedTable 39 * in the case of RdbExpQueryLeaf. This name is not to be confused with the 40 * name of the Field itself. 41 * @return the name of the RdbField in the underlying resultset (in the case 42 * of a RdbStringQueryLeaf) or QualifiedTable (in the case of 43 * a RdbExpField in a RdbExpQueryLeaf). 44 */ 45 String getColumnName(); 46 } 47