uk.ac.starlink.topcat

Interface IdentifiedColumnData

public interface IdentifiedColumnData

Aggregates a ColumnData and an identifier for the same.

The identifier can be used for assessment of equality. Instances referring to different columns should have different values, and the identifier for a single instance should change if the content of its columns is expected to have changed.

Since:

27 Jun 2025

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
uk.ac.starlink.table.ColumnData	getColumnData() Returns the ColumnData.
String	getId() Returns the identifier, which can be used to assess equality of the content of the column data at construction time of this object.

Method Detail

getColumnData

uk.ac.starlink.table.ColumnData getColumnData()

Returns the ColumnData.

Returns:

column data

getId

String getId()

Returns the identifier, which can be used to assess equality of the content of the column data at construction time of this object.

Returns:

identifier