Package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.history

Class HistoricalDatabaseTable

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseTable

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.history.HistoricalDatabaseTable

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, CoreTable

public class HistoricalDatabaseTable
extends DatabaseTable

INTERNAL: An impersonating database table is one that pretends to be another database table, and whose true identity is revealed only when printed as SQL.

a.k.a HistoricalDatabaseTable, DisguisedDatabaseTable

More precisely, if a is impersonating b, (a.equals(b) == true) but (a.getQualifiedName().equals(b.getQualifiedName()) == false).

This class is used in temporal versioning, where every update to one table triggers an update to a nearly identical historical table. This second update is almost identical to the first, save that the table names are different (i.e. EMPLOYEE -> EMPLOYEE_HIST). It is much easier just to switch the table names at the last minute, as database fields in the descriptors and expressions have hardcoded table names.

Since:

OracleAS TopLink 10g (10.1.3)

Author:

Stephen McRitchie

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected java.lang.String	historicalName
protected java.lang.String	historicalNameDelimited

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseTable

creationSuffix, foreignKeyConstraints, indexes, name, qualifiedName, tableQualifier, uniqueConstraints, useDelimiters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HistoricalDatabaseTable()
HistoricalDatabaseTable(java.lang.String possiblyQualifiedName)
HistoricalDatabaseTable(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String qualifier)
HistoricalDatabaseTable(DatabaseTable source, DatabaseTable mirroring, DatasourcePlatform platform)	Constructs a new database table which appears as guise but in fact really is identity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getQualifiedName()
java.lang.String	getQualifiedNameDelimited(DatasourcePlatform platform)
void	setHistoricalName(java.lang.String name)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseTable

addForeignKeyConstraint, addIndex, addUniqueConstraints, clone, equals, equals, getCreationSuffix, getForeignKeyConstraint, getForeignKeyConstraints, getIndexes, getName, getNameDelimited, getTableQualifier, getTableQualifierDelimited, getUniqueConstraints, hasForeignKeyConstraints, hashCode, hasIndexes, hasName, hasUniqueConstraints, isDecorated, printSQL, resetQualifiedName, setCreationSuffix, setName, setName, setPossiblyQualifiedName, setPossiblyQualifiedName, setTableQualifier, setTableQualifier, setUseDelimiters, shouldUseDelimiters, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

historicalName

protected java.lang.String historicalName

historicalNameDelimited

protected java.lang.String historicalNameDelimited

Constructor Detail

HistoricalDatabaseTable

public HistoricalDatabaseTable()

HistoricalDatabaseTable

public HistoricalDatabaseTable(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String qualifier)

HistoricalDatabaseTable

public HistoricalDatabaseTable(java.lang.String possiblyQualifiedName)

HistoricalDatabaseTable

public HistoricalDatabaseTable(DatabaseTable source,
                               DatabaseTable mirroring,
                               DatasourcePlatform platform)

Constructs a new database table which appears as guise but in fact really is identity.

Method Detail

setHistoricalName

public void setHistoricalName(java.lang.String name)

getQualifiedName

public java.lang.String getQualifiedName()

Overrides:

getQualifiedName in class DatabaseTable

getQualifiedNameDelimited

public java.lang.String getQualifiedNameDelimited(DatasourcePlatform platform)

Overrides:

getQualifiedNameDelimited in class DatabaseTable