01: /*
02: * Copyright 2004-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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.compass.gps.device.jdbc.mapping;
18:
19: /**
20: * A general interface for a jdbc column mapping. Holds the column index OR the
21: * column name.
22: *
23: * @author kimchy
24: */
25: public interface ColumnMapping {
26:
27: /**
28: * Returns the column name.
29: *
30: * @return The column name.
31: */
32: String getColumnName();
33:
34: /**
35: * Returns the column index.
36: *
37: * @return The column index.
38: */
39: int getColumnIndex();
40:
41: /**
42: * Returns <code>true</code> if using the column index to map the column,
43: * <code>false</code> if using the column name.
44: *
45: * @return If using colum index (otherwise using column name).
46: *
47: */
48: boolean isUsingColumnIndex();
49:
50: }
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