com.sap.dictionary.runtime
Interface IStructure

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, IDataType

public interface IStructure

extends IDataType

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator	fieldIterator() Returns an Iterator for the structure fields
IField	getField(int position) Returns a field instance via position, The first field has position 1!
IField	getField(java.lang.String name) Returns a field instance via name
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the structure's name
int	getNumberOfFields() Returns the number of fields
IDataProvider	getProvider() Get the SimpleType's provider
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String-representation of this structure

Methods inherited from interface com.sap.dictionary.runtime.IDataType

getAssociatedClass, getBackendConversionRule, getBackendName, getLocale, getLocalName, getPrefix, getQualifiedName, isModifyAllowed, isSimpleType, isStructure

Method Detail

getProvider

public IDataProvider getProvider()

Get the SimpleType's provider

Returns:

a provider

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the structure's name

Specified by:

getName in interface IDataType

Returns:

the structure's name

getField

public IField getField(java.lang.String name)

Returns a field instance via name

Parameters:

name - - The field's name

Returns:

the corresponding field instance

getField

public IField getField(int position)

Returns a field instance via position, The first field has position 1!

Parameters:

name - - The field's position

Returns:

the corresponding field instance

getNumberOfFields

public int getNumberOfFields()

Returns the number of fields

fieldIterator

public java.util.Iterator fieldIterator()

Returns an Iterator for the structure fields

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String-representation of this structure

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object