org.intermine.sql.query
Class Table

java.lang.Object
  org.intermine.sql.query.AbstractTable
      org.intermine.sql.query.Table

All Implemented Interfaces:

SQLStringable

public class Table
extends AbstractTable

A representation of a table that can be present in the FROM section of an SQL query.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

name

Fields inherited from class org.intermine.sql.query.AbstractTable

alias

Constructor Summary

Table(java.lang.String name)
Constructor for this Table object, without an alias.

Table(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String alias)
Constructor for this Table object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Overrides Object.equals().
boolean	equalsIgnoreAlias(AbstractTable obj) Compare this Table to another AbstractTable, ignoring alias.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the table
java.lang.String	getSQLString() Returns a String representation of this Table object, suitable for forming part of an SQL query.
int	hashCode() Overrides Object.hashcode().
java.lang.String	toString() A toString method, which helps us when debugging.

Methods inherited from class org.intermine.sql.query.AbstractTable

equalsOnlyAlias, getAlias, setAlias

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

Constructor Detail

Table

public Table(java.lang.String name,
             java.lang.String alias)

Constructor for this Table object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the table, as the database knows it

alias - an arbitrary name that the table has been renamed to for the rest of the query

Table

public Table(java.lang.String name)

Constructor for this Table object, without an alias.

Parameters:

name - the name of the table, as the database knows it. This name is also used in the rest of the query.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the table

Returns:

the Table name

getSQLString

public java.lang.String getSQLString()

Returns a String representation of this Table object, suitable for forming part of an SQL query.

Specified by:

getSQLString in interface SQLStringable

Specified by:

getSQLString in class AbstractTable

Returns:

the String representation

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides Object.equals().

Specified by:

equals in class AbstractTable

Parameters:

obj - an Object to compare to

Returns:

true if the object is of the same class, and with the same name

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides Object.hashcode().

Specified by:

hashCode in class AbstractTable

Returns:

an arbitrary integer based on the name of the Table

equalsIgnoreAlias

public boolean equalsIgnoreAlias(AbstractTable obj)

Compare this Table to another AbstractTable, ignoring alias.

Specified by:

equalsIgnoreAlias in class AbstractTable

Parameters:

obj - an AbstractTable to compare to

Returns:

true if the object is of the same class, and with the same value

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

A toString method, which helps us when debugging.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of the object