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Interface symantec.itools.db.beans.brl.Calculation

public interface Calculation

extends ComputedColumn

Version:

1.00 06/18/98

Author:

Puru Balakrishnan

getComputedValue(DerivationRow, int)

return the computed value from the passed in input Row.

isUsedForAggregate()

Method to determine if this can be used for aggregate calculations

public abstract java.lang.Object getComputedValue(DerivationRow inputRow,
                                                  int outputDataType)

return the computed value from the passed in input Row. The first parameter ,ComputeRow, is a grouping of columns which are to be used for calculating the new derived value. These columns could represent constant as well as real database columns.

Parameters:

inputRow - row of input columns

outputDataType - datatype for desired output as in java.sql.Types

Returns:

Object representing the new computed value

See Also:

ComputeRow, CompColMember

public abstract boolean isUsedForAggregate()

Method to determine if this can be used for aggregate calculations

Returns:

true or false

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