List user-defined types (UDTs) (Java)

Gets information about 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 an unordered list of TableUserDefinedTypeDescriptor objects that describe each user-defined type in the keyspace.

Parameters

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

Method signature
List<TableUserDefinedTypeDescriptor> listTypes()
List<TableUserDefinedTypeDescriptor> 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 get metadata about user-defined types in a keyspace.

import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.databases.Database;
import com.datastax.astra.client.tables.definition.types.TableUserDefinedTypeDescriptor;
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 metadata
    List<TableUserDefinedTypeDescriptor> result = database.listTypes();

    System.out.println(result);
  }
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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