com.hardcode.gdbms.engine.data.driver
Interface GDBMSDriver

All Superinterfaces:

com.hardcode.driverManager.Driver, TypeConverter

All Known Subinterfaces:

AlphanumericDBDriver, AlphanumericFileDriver, AlphanumericObjectDriver, DBDriver, FileDriver, ObjectDriver, SpatialDBDriver, SpatialFileDriver, SpatialObjectDriver

All Known Implementing Classes:

CSVDriver, CSVStringDriver, FooDriver, HSQLDBDriver, HSQLDBTransactionalDriver, MySQLDriver, ODBCDriver, PostgreSQLDriver

public interface GDBMSDriver
extends com.hardcode.driverManager.Driver, TypeConverter

Method Summary

java.lang.String	check(Field field, Value value) Checks if a given value is suitable for the specified field
java.lang.String[]	getAvailableTypes() Gets a string identificator for each type a field can have
DriverMetadata	getDriverMetadata() Gets the driver specific metadata
java.lang.String[]	getParameters(java.lang.String driverType) Gets the parameters used in creating the type
boolean	isReadOnly(int i) Returns true if the specified field is read only
boolean	isValidParameter(java.lang.String driverType, java.lang.String paramName, java.lang.String paramValue) Returns if the given value (paramValue) for the parameter called paramName of the given driver specific type is valid or not
void	setDataSourceFactory(DataSourceFactory dsf)

Methods inherited from interface com.hardcode.driverManager.Driver

getName

Methods inherited from interface com.hardcode.gdbms.engine.data.driver.TypeConverter

getType

Method Detail

setDataSourceFactory

void setDataSourceFactory(DataSourceFactory dsf)

getDriverMetadata

DriverMetadata getDriverMetadata()
                                 throws DriverException

Gets the driver specific metadata

Returns:

Throws:

DriverException

check

java.lang.String check(Field field,
                       Value value)
                       throws DriverException

Checks if a given value is suitable for the specified field

Parameters:

field -

value -

Returns:

Throws:

DriverException

isReadOnly

boolean isReadOnly(int i)
                   throws DriverException

Returns true if the specified field is read only

Parameters:

i -

Returns:

Throws:

DriverException

getAvailableTypes

java.lang.String[] getAvailableTypes()
                                     throws DriverException

Gets a string identificator for each type a field can have

Returns:

Throws:

DriverException

getParameters

java.lang.String[] getParameters(java.lang.String driverType)
                                 throws DriverException

Gets the parameters used in creating the type

Parameters:

driverType -

Returns:

Throws:

DriverException

isValidParameter

boolean isValidParameter(java.lang.String driverType,
                         java.lang.String paramName,
                         java.lang.String paramValue)

Returns if the given value (paramValue) for the parameter called paramName of the given driver specific type is valid or not

Parameters:

driverType -

paramName -

paramValue - null if the parameter is not specified

Returns: