planetj.database
Class ForeignKey

java.lang.Object
  planetj.database.ForeignKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

ITableDependency, java.io.Serializable

public class ForeignKey

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable, ITableDependency

Represents a foreign key relationship between two tables

Author:

Justin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ForeignKey()

Method Summary

java.util.List	getDependentTables() Gets a List containing all of the tables in this ITableDependency which depend on the primary table
java.util.List	getForeignKeyColumnNames() Gets a List containing the names of columns in the foreign key table which reference columns in the primary key table.
Table	getForeignKeyTable() Gets the foreign key table whose columns have a foreign key reference to columns in another table
java.util.List	getPrimaryColumnNames() Gets a List containing the names of columns in the primary table which are referenced by columns in the foreign key table.
Table	getPrimaryTable() Gets the primary table whose columns are referenced as foreign keys by another table

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ForeignKey

public ForeignKey()

Method Detail

getDependentTables

public java.util.List getDependentTables()

Gets a List containing all of the tables in this ITableDependency which depend on the primary table

Specified by:

getDependentTables in interface ITableDependency

getForeignKeyColumnNames

public java.util.List getForeignKeyColumnNames()

Gets a List containing the names of columns in the foreign key table which reference columns in the primary key table. The ordering matches the order of the columns returned by the getPrimaryColumnNames() method

getForeignKeyTable

public Table getForeignKeyTable()

Gets the foreign key table whose columns have a foreign key reference to columns in another table

getPrimaryColumnNames

public java.util.List getPrimaryColumnNames()

Gets a List containing the names of columns in the primary table which are referenced by columns in the foreign key table. The ordering matches the order of the columns returned by the getForeignKeyColumnNames() method

getPrimaryTable

public Table getPrimaryTable()

Gets the primary table whose columns are referenced as foreign keys by another table

Specified by:

getPrimaryTable in interface ITableDependency