org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.api.script
Interface IScriptDataSetMetaDataDefinition


public interface IScriptDataSetMetaDataDefinition

Interface for event handler to define a script data set's metadata. The event handler calls the addColumn() method to add the definition of its data set columns


Method Summary
 void addColumn(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class dataType)
          Adds a column to the metadata definition.
 

Method Detail

addColumn

void addColumn(java.lang.String name,
               java.lang.Class dataType)
               throws org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException
Adds a column to the metadata definition. A column is required to have a name and a data type. Acceptable data types are one of these classes or their derived classes: Integer, Double, BigDecimal. String, Date or byte[].

Parameters:
name - Name of column; must not be null
dataType - data type of column; must be one of the supported types listed in method description.
Throws:
org.eclipse.birt.core.exception.BirtException - if invalid name or data type is provided


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