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   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary.SubConstraintDescriptor

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package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.dictionary;


import org.apache.derby.catalog.UUID;
import org.apache.derby.shared.common.sanity.SanityManager;

/**
 * This interface is used to get information from a SubConstraintDescriptor.
 * A SubKeyConstraintDescriptor is used within the DataDictionary to 
 * get auxiliary constraint information from the system table
 * that is auxiliary to sysconstraints.
 *
 * @version 0.1
 */

public abstract class SubConstraintDescriptor extends UniqueTupleDescriptor
{

	/**
	   public interface for this class:
	   

	   
 public void	setConstraintId(UUID constraintId);
	   
public boolean hasBackingIndex();
	   
public void	setTableDescriptor(TableDescriptor td);
	   
public TableDescriptor getTableDescriptor();
	   
	*/

	// Implementation
	TableDescriptor			td;
	UUID					constraintId;

	/**
	 * Constructor for a SubConstraintDescriptorImpl
	 *
	 * @param constraintId		The UUID of the constraint.
	 */

	SubConstraintDescriptor(UUID constraintId)
	{
		this.constraintId = constraintId;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the UUID of the constraint.
	 *
	 * @param constraintId	The constraint Id.
	 */
	public void	setConstraintId(UUID constraintId)
	{
		this.constraintId = constraintId;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the UUID of the constraint.
	 *
	 * @return	The UUID of the constraint.
	 */
	public UUID	getUUID()
	{
		return constraintId;
	}

	/**
	 * Does this constraint have a backing index?
	 *
	 * @return boolean	Whether or not there is a backing index for this constraint.
	 */
	public abstract boolean hasBackingIndex();

	/**
	 * Caches the TableDescriptor of the 
	 * table that the constraint is on.
	 *
	 * @param td	The TableDescriptor.
	 */
	public void	setTableDescriptor(TableDescriptor td)
	{
		this.td = td;
	}

	/** 
	 * Returns the cached TableDescriptor, if
	 * supplied, that the constraint is on.
	 *
	 * @return The cached TableDescriptor, 
	 * if supplied.
	 */
	public TableDescriptor getTableDescriptor()
	{
		return td;
	}

	/**
	 * Convert the SubConstraintDescriptor to a String.
	 *
	 * @return	A String representation of this SubConstraintDescriptor
	 */

	public String	toString()
	{
		if (SanityManager.DEBUG)
		{
			return "constraintId: " + constraintId + "\n";
		}
		else
		{
			return "";
		}
	}

}