All Superinterfaces:

Definition, TableElementDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultEmbeddableDefinition
```
public interface EmbeddableDefinition
extends TableElementDefinition
```
The definition of an embeddable type.

Author:

Lukas Eder

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EmbeddableColumnDefinition`	`getColumn(int columnIndex)`	Get a defining column in this type by its index (starting at 0).
`EmbeddableColumnDefinition`	`getColumn(String columnName)`	Get a defining column in this type by its name.
`EmbeddableColumnDefinition`	`getColumn(String columnName, boolean ignoreCase)`	Get a defining column in this type by its name.
`List<EmbeddableColumnDefinition>`	`getColumns()`	All defining columns in the type, table or view.
`TableDefinition`	`getDefiningTable()`	The table defining the embeddable (same as `TableElementDefinition.getTable()`).
`EmbeddableColumnDefinition`	`getReferencingColumn(String columnName)`	Get a referencing column in this type by its referencing name.
`EmbeddableColumnDefinition`	`getReferencingColumn(String columnName, boolean ignoreCase)`	Get a referencing column in this type by its referencing name.
`String`	`getReferencingComment()`	The referencing comment of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (`Definition.getComment()`).
`String`	`getReferencingInputName()`	The referencing input name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (`Definition.getInputName()`).
`String`	`getReferencingName()`	The referencing name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (`Definition.getName()`).
`String`	`getReferencingOutputName()`	The referencing output name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (`Definition.getOutputName()`).
`TableDefinition`	`getReferencingTable()`	The table referencing the embeddable.
`boolean`	`replacesFields()`	Whether this embeddable replaces the fields it represents.

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.Definition
getCatalog, getComment, getDatabase, getDefinitionPath, getInputName, getName, getOutputName, getOverload, getPackage, getQualifiedInputName, getQualifiedInputNamePart, getQualifiedName, getQualifiedNamePart, getQualifiedOutputName, getQualifiedOutputNamePart, getSchema, getSource

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.TableElementDefinition
getTable

- Method Detail
  - getDefiningTable
```
TableDefinition getDefiningTable()
```
    The table defining the embeddable (same as TableElementDefinition.getTable()).
  - getReferencingComment
```
String getReferencingComment()
```
    The referencing comment of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (Definition.getComment()).
  - getReferencingName
```
String getReferencingName()
```
    The referencing name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (Definition.getName()).
  - getReferencingInputName
```
String getReferencingInputName()
```
    The referencing input name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (Definition.getInputName()).
  - getReferencingOutputName
```
String getReferencingOutputName()
```
    The referencing output name of this embeddable, if it differs from the defining name (Definition.getOutputName()).
  - getReferencingTable
```
TableDefinition getReferencingTable()
```
    The table referencing the embeddable.
  - getColumns
```
List<EmbeddableColumnDefinition> getColumns()
```
    All defining columns in the type, table or view.
  - getColumn
```
EmbeddableColumnDefinition getColumn(String columnName)
```
    Get a defining column in this type by its name.
  - getColumn
```
EmbeddableColumnDefinition getColumn(String columnName,
                                     boolean ignoreCase)
```
    Get a defining column in this type by its name.
  - getColumn
```
EmbeddableColumnDefinition getColumn(int columnIndex)
```
    Get a defining column in this type by its index (starting at 0).
  - getReferencingColumn
```
EmbeddableColumnDefinition getReferencingColumn(String columnName)
```
    Get a referencing column in this type by its referencing name.
  - getReferencingColumn
```
EmbeddableColumnDefinition getReferencingColumn(String columnName,
                                                boolean ignoreCase)
```
    Get a referencing column in this type by its referencing name.
  - replacesFields
```
boolean replacesFields()
```
    Whether this embeddable replaces the fields it represents.

Interface EmbeddableDefinition

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.Definition

Methods inherited from interface org.jooq.meta.TableElementDefinition

Method Detail

getDefiningTable

getReferencingComment

getReferencingName

getReferencingInputName

getReferencingOutputName

getReferencingTable

getColumns

getColumn

getColumn

getColumn

getReferencingColumn

getReferencingColumn

replacesFields