org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation
Class BasicStepField

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.storage.search.implementation.BasicStepField

All Implemented Interfaces:

StepField

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicAggregatedField

public class BasicStepField

extends java.lang.Object

implements StepField

Basic implementation. The field alias is not set on default.

Since:

MMBase-1.7

Version:

$Id: BasicStepField.java,v 1.9 2004/03/15 14:54:26 robmaris Exp $

Author:

Rob van Maris

Constructor Summary

BasicStepField(Step step, FieldDefs fieldDefs)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this stepfield to the specified object.
java.lang.String	getAlias() Gets the alias for the associated field.
FieldDefs	getFieldDefs() Gets the associated fieldDefs.
java.lang.String	getFieldName() Gets the name of the associated field (without prefix).
Step	getStep() Gets the step associated with this fieldstep.
int	getType() Gets the type of the associated field.
int	hashCode()
BasicStepField	setAlias(java.lang.String alias) Sets alias property.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this StepField.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicStepField

public BasicStepField(Step step,
                      FieldDefs fieldDefs)

Constructor.

Parameters:

step - The associated step.

fieldDefs - The associated fieldDefs.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when an invalid argument is supplied.

Method Detail

setAlias

public BasicStepField setAlias(java.lang.String alias)

Sets alias property.

Parameters:

alias - The alias property.

Returns:

This BasicStepField instance.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when an invalid argument is supplied.

getFieldDefs

public FieldDefs getFieldDefs()

Gets the associated fieldDefs.

Returns:

The fieldDefs.

getFieldName

public java.lang.String getFieldName()

Description copied from interface: StepField

Gets the name of the associated field (without prefix).

This corresponds to the fieldname in SQL SELECT-syntax.

Specified by:

getFieldName in interface StepField

getAlias

public java.lang.String getAlias()

Description copied from interface: StepField

Gets the alias for the associated field.

This corresponds to the field alias in SQL SELECT-syntax.

Specified by:

getAlias in interface StepField

getStep

public Step getStep()

Description copied from interface: StepField

Gets the step associated with this fieldstep.

Specified by:

getStep in interface StepField

getType

public int getType()

Description copied from interface: StepField

Gets the type of the associated field. This is one of the values defined in FieldDefs.

Specified by:

getType in interface StepField

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Description copied from interface: StepField

Compares this stepfield to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is a non-null StepField object associated with the same field, using the same alias.

Specified by:

equals in interface StepField

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface StepField

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from interface: StepField

Returns a string representation of this StepField. The string representation has the form "StepField(step:<step>, fieldname:<fieldname>, alias:<alias>)" where

• <step> is the step alias returned by getStep().getAlias() or, when the step alias is null, the step tablename returned by getStep().getTableName().
• <fieldname> is the fieldname returned by getFieldName()
• <alias> is the alias returned by getAlias()

Specified by:

toString in interface StepField