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41:
42: package org.netbeans.modules.dbschema;
43:
44: /** Describes an object which holds a list of columns.
45: */
46: public interface ColumnElementHolder {
47: /** Add a new column to the holder.
48: * @param el the column to add
49: * @throws Exception if impossible
50: */
51: public void addColumn(ColumnElement el) throws Exception;
52:
53: /** Add some new columns to the holder.
54: * @param els the columns to add
55: * @throws Exception if impossible
56: */
57: public void addColumns(ColumnElement[] els) throws Exception;
58:
59: /** Remove a column from the holder.
60: * @param el the column to remove
61: * @throws Exception if impossible
62: */
63: public void removeColumn(ColumnElement el) throws Exception;
64:
65: /** Remove some columns from the holder.
66: * @param els the columns to remove
67: * @throws Exception if impossible
68: */
69: public void removeColumns(ColumnElement[] els) throws Exception;
70:
71: /** Set the columns for this holder.
72: * Previous columns are removed.
73: * @param els the new columns
74: * @throws Exception if impossible
75: */
76: public void setColumns(ColumnElement[] els) throws Exception;
77:
78: /** Get all columns in this holder.
79: * @return the columns
80: */
81: public ColumnElement[] getColumns();
82:
83: /** Find a column by name.
84: * @param name the name of the column for which to look
85: * @return the element or <code>null</code> if not found
86: */
87: public ColumnElement getColumn(DBIdentifier name);
88: }
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