List user-defined type names (UDTs) (Java)

Gets the names of the user-defined types (UDTs) in a keyspace.

Ready to write code? See the examples for this method to get started. If you are new to the Data API, check out the quickstart.

Result

Returns the names of the user-defined types as an unordered list of strings.

Parameters

Use the listTypeNames method, which belongs to the com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database class.

Method signature
List<String> listTypeNames()
List<String> listTypes(ListTypesOptions options)
Name Type Summary

options

ListTypesOptions

Optional. The options for this operation, including the keyspace and timeouts.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to list names of the user-defined types in a keyspace.

import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;
import java.util.List;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get a database
    Database database = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN").getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT");

    // List type names
    List<String> result = database.listTypeNames();

    System.out.println(result);
  }
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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