1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 * Copyright 2007 utgenome.org 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 16 //-------------------------------------- 17 // UTGB Common Project 18 // 19 // DataType.java 20 // Since: 2007/04/13 21 // 22 // $Date$ 23 // $URL$ 24 // $Author$ 25 //-------------------------------------- 26 package org.utgenome.gwt.utgb.client.db.datatype; 27 28 import com.google.gwt.json.client.JSONValue; 29 30 /** 31 * A common interface for data types of configuration parameters, database contents etc. 32 * 33 * @author leo 34 * 35 */ 36 public interface DataType { 37 38 /** 39 * parameter name of this type 40 * 41 * @return 42 */ 43 public String getName(); 44 45 /** 46 * Get a user interface for retrieving the data of this data type 47 * 48 * @return 49 */ 50 public InputForm getInputForm(); 51 52 /** 53 * 54 * @param json 55 * @return 56 */ 57 public String toString(JSONValue json); 58 59 public String getTypeName(); 60 61 public boolean isPrimaryKey(); 62 63 public boolean isNotNull(); 64 }