ColumnDefinitions (DataStax Java Driver for Apache Cassandra

java.lang.Object
- com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnDefinitions

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<ColumnDefinitions.Definition>
```
public class ColumnDefinitions
extends Object
implements Iterable<ColumnDefinitions.Definition>
```
Metadata describing the columns returned in a ResultSet or a PreparedStatement.
A columnDefinitions} instance is mainly a list of ColumnsDefinitions.Definition. The definitions or metadata for a column can be accessed either by:
- index (indexed from 0)
- name
When accessed by name, column selection is case insensitive. In case multiple columns only differ by the case of their name, then the column returned with be the first column that has been defined in CQL without forcing case sensitivity (that is, it has either been defined without quotes or is fully lowercase). If none of the columns have been defined in this manner, the first column matching (with case insensitivity) is returned. You can force the case of a selection by double quoting the name.
For example:
- If cd contains column fOO, then cd.contains("foo"), cd.contains("fOO") and cd.contains("Foo") will return true.
- If cd contains both foo and FOO then:
  - cd.getType("foo"), cd.getType("fOO") and cd.getType("FOO") will all match column foo.
  - cd.getType("\"FOO\"") will match column FOO
Note that the preceding rules mean that if a ColumnDefinitions object contains multiple occurrences of the exact same name (be it the same column multiple times or columns from different tables with the same name), you will have to use selection by index to disambiguate.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class and Description

static class ColumnDefinitions.Definition
A column definition.

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static class`	`ColumnDefinitions.Definition` A column definition.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`List<ColumnDefinitions.Definition>`	`asList()` Returns a list containing all the definitions of this metadata in order.
`boolean`	`contains(String name)` Returns whether this metadata contains a given name.
`int`	`getIndexOf(String name)` The first index in this metadata of the provided name, if present.
`String`	`getKeyspace(int i)` Returns the keyspace of the `i`th column in this metadata.
`String`	`getKeyspace(String name)` Returns the keyspace of the first occurrence of `name` in this metadata.
`String`	`getName(int i)` Returns the name of the `i`th column in this metadata.
`String`	`getTable(int i)` Returns the table of the `i`th column in this metadata.
`String`	`getTable(String name)` Returns the table of first occurrence of `name` in this metadata.
`DataType`	`getType(int i)` Returns the type of the `i`th column in this metadata.
`DataType`	`getType(String name)` Returns the type of the first occurrence of `name` in this metadata.
`Iterator<ColumnDefinitions.Definition>`	`iterator()` Returns an iterator over the `ColumnDefinitions.Definition` contained in this metadata.
`int`	`size()` Returns the number of columns described by this `Columns` instance.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable
forEach, spliterator

- Method Detail
  - size
```
public int size()
```
    Returns the number of columns described by this Columns instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of columns described by this metadata.
  - contains
```
public boolean contains(String name)
```
    Returns whether this metadata contains a given name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name to check.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this metadata contains the column named name, false otherwise.
  - getIndexOf
```
public int getIndexOf(String name)
```
    The first index in this metadata of the provided name, if present.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the column.
    
    Returns:
    
    the index of the first occurrence of name in this metadata if contains(name), -1 otherwise.
  - iterator
```
public Iterator<ColumnDefinitions.Definition> iterator()
```
    Returns an iterator over the ColumnDefinitions.Definition contained in this metadata.
    The order of the iterator will be the one of this metadata.
    
    Specified by:
    
    iterator in interface Iterable<ColumnDefinitions.Definition>
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator over the ColumnDefinitions.Definition contained in this metadata.
  - asList
```
public List<ColumnDefinitions.Definition> asList()
```
    Returns a list containing all the definitions of this metadata in order.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of the ColumnDefinitions.Definition contained in this metadata.
  - getName
```
public String getName(int i)
```
    Returns the name of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - the index in this metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if i < 0 or i >= size()
  - getType
```
public DataType getType(int i)
```
    Returns the type of the ith column in this metadata.
    Note that this method does not set the DataType.isFrozen() flag on the returned object, it will always default to false. Use Cluster.getMetadata() to determine if a column is frozen.
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - the index in this metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if i < 0 or i >= size()
  - getType
```
public DataType getType(String name)
```
    Returns the type of the first occurrence of name in this metadata.
    Note that this method does not set the DataType.isFrozen() flag on the returned object, it will always default to false. Use Cluster.getMetadata() to determine if a column is frozen.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the column.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of (the first occurrence of) name in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if name is not in this metadata.
  - getKeyspace
```
public String getKeyspace(int i)
```
    Returns the keyspace of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - the index in this metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the keyspace of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if i < 0 or i >= size()
  - getKeyspace
```
public String getKeyspace(String name)
```
    Returns the keyspace of the first occurrence of name in this metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the column.
    
    Returns:
    
    the keyspace of (the first occurrence of) column name in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if name is not in this metadata.
  - getTable
```
public String getTable(int i)
```
    Returns the table of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - the index in this metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the table of the ith column in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if i < 0 or i >= size()
  - getTable
```
public String getTable(String name)
```
    Returns the table of first occurrence of name in this metadata.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the column.
    
    Returns:
    
    the table of (the first occurrence of) column name in this metadata.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if name is not in this metadata.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object

Class ColumnDefinitions

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

Method Detail

size

contains

getIndexOf

iterator

asList

getName

getType

getType

getKeyspace

getKeyspace

getTable

getTable

toString