org.apache.empire.db

Class DBObject

java.lang.Object

org.apache.empire.db.DBObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DBDatabase, DBExpr, DBIndex, DBRecordData, DBRelation

public abstract class DBObject
extends Object
implements Serializable

Base class for all objects that directly or indirectly belong to a database including the database object itself. Examples are: tables, views, columns, indexes, relations etc. Not included are: drivers, helper classes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DBObject()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract DBDatabase	getDatabase() Returns the database object to which this object belongs to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DBObject

public DBObject()

Method Detail

getDatabase

public abstract DBDatabase getDatabase()

Returns the database object to which this object belongs to. For the database object itself this function will return the this pointer.

Returns:

the database object