package org.apache.ddlutils.dynabean;

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import org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty;
import org.apache.ddlutils.model.Column;

/**
 * A DynaProperty which maps to a persistent Column in a database.
 * The Column describes additional relational metadata 
 * for the property such as whether the property is a primary key column, 
 * an autoIncrement column and the SQL type etc.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 463757 $
 */
public class SqlDynaProperty extends DynaProperty
{
    /** Unique ID for serializaion purposes. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4491018827449106588L;

    /** The column for which this dyna property is defined. */
    private Column _column;    

    /**
     * Creates a property instance for the given column that accepts any data type.
     *
     * @param column The column
     */
    public SqlDynaProperty(Column column)
    {
        super(column.getName());
        _column = column;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a property instance for the given column that only accepts the given type.
     *
     * @param column The column
     * @param type   The type of the property
     */
    public SqlDynaProperty(Column column, Class type)
    {
        super(column.getName(), type);
        _column = column;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the column for which this property is defined.
     * 
     * @return The column
     */
    public Column getColumn()
    {
        return _column;
    }

    // Helper methods
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------                
    
    /**
     * Determines whether this property is for a primary key column.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if the property is for a primary key column
     */
    public boolean isPrimaryKey()
    {
        return getColumn().isPrimaryKey();
    }    
    
}
