uk.ac.starlink.table.jdbc
Class WriteMode

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.jdbc.WriteMode

public class WriteMode
extends Object

Defines how records are written to a database table.

Since:

11 Dec 2007

Field Summary

static WriteMode	APPEND WriteMode which appends to an existing table.
static WriteMode	CREATE WriteMode which creates a new database table before writing.
static WriteMode	DROP_CREATE WriteMode which creates a new database table before writing.

Method Summary

static WriteMode[]	getAllModes() Returns an array of all known write modes.
String	getDescription() Returns a short description of this mode's operation.
String	toString() Returns this mode's name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CREATE

public static final WriteMode CREATE

WriteMode which creates a new database table before writing. It is an error if a table of the same name already exists.

DROP_CREATE

public static final WriteMode DROP_CREATE

WriteMode which creates a new database table before writing. If a table of the same name already exists, it is dropped first.

APPEND

public static final WriteMode APPEND

WriteMode which appends to an existing table. An error results if the named table has the wrong structure for the data being written.

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a short description of this mode's operation.

Returns:

description

toString

public String toString()

Returns this mode's name.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getAllModes

public static WriteMode[] getAllModes()

Returns an array of all known write modes.

Returns:

write mode array