01: /*
02: * $Id: Selectable.java,v 1.9 2005/12/22 09:02:30 ahimanikya Exp $
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40:
41: package org.axiondb;
42:
43: import java.io.Serializable;
44:
45: /**
46: * An abstraction of objects that can be selected from (a row in) the database.
47: *
48: * @version $Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2005/12/22 09:02:30 $
49: * @author Rodney Waldhoff
50: * @author Chuck Burdick
51: * @author Ahimanikya Satapathy
52: */
53: public interface Selectable extends Serializable {
54: Object evaluate(RowDecorator row) throws AxionException;
55:
56: String getAlias();
57:
58: DataType getDataType();
59:
60: String getLabel();
61:
62: String getName();
63:
64: void setVariableContext(VariableContext context);
65: }
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