com.ibm.as400.access
Class ArrayFieldDescription

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ArrayFieldDescription

extends FieldDescription

implements java.io.Serializable

The ArrayFieldDescription class represents the description of an array of data. It allows:

• The user to describe an array of AS/400 data.
• The Java program to describe an array of AS/400 data to the user.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.as400.access.FieldDescription

ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_RIGHT

Constructor Summary

ArrayFieldDescription()
Constructs an ArrayFieldDescription object.

ArrayFieldDescription(AS400Array dataType, java.lang.String name)
Constructs an ArrayFieldDescription object.

Method Summary

void	setDataType(AS400Array dataType) Sets the AS400DataType object describing this field.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.as400.access.FieldDescription

getALIAS, getALWNULL, getCOLHDG, getDataType, getDDSName, getDFT, getDFTCurrentValue, getFieldName, getKeyFieldFunctions, getLayoutAlignment, getLayoutLength, getLength, getREFFLD, getTEXT, isDFTCurrent, isDFTNull, setALIAS, setALWNULL, setCOLHDG, setDataType, setDDSName, setFieldName, setKeyFieldFunctions, setLayoutAlignment, setLayoutAttributes, setLayoutLength, setREFFLD, setTEXT

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayFieldDescription

public ArrayFieldDescription()

Constructs an ArrayFieldDescription object.

ArrayFieldDescription

public ArrayFieldDescription(AS400Array dataType,
                             java.lang.String name)

Constructs an ArrayFieldDescription object. It uses the specified data type and name of the field.

Parameters:

dataType - Describes the field and provides the conversion capability for the contents of the field.

name - The name of the field.

Method Detail

setDataType

public void setDataType(AS400Array dataType)

Sets the AS400DataType object describing this field.

Parameters:

dataType - The AS400DataType that describes this field.