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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbcx_Column_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdbcx_Column_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySet_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.idl>
#endif

 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbcx {

interface XDataDescriptorFactory;


// DocMerge from xml: service com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column
/** describes the common properties of a database column.
 */
service Column
{

    // DocMerge from xml: service com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column: interface com::sun::star::sdbcx::XDataDescriptorFactory
    /** optional, could be used to copy a database column.
     */
    [optional] interface XDataDescriptorFactory;

    // gives access to the properties.
    interface com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::Name
    /** is the name of the column.
     */
    [readonly, property] string Name;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::Type
    /** is the
        <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">DataType</type>
        of the column.
     */
    [readonly, property] long Type;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::TypeName
    /** is the type name used by the database. If the column type is
        a user-defined type, then a fully-qualified type name is returned.
        <b>
        Note:
        </b>
        May be empty.
     */
    [readonly, property] string TypeName;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::Precision
    /** gets a column's number of decimal digits.
     */
    [readonly, property] long Precision;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::Scale
    /** gets a column's number of digits to right of the decimal point.
     */
    [readonly, property] long Scale;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::IsNullable
    /** indicates the nullability of values in the designated column.
        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue
     */
    [readonly, property] long IsNullable;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::IsAutoIncrement
    /** indicates whether the column is automatically numbered, thus read-only.
        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue
     */
    [readonly, property] boolean IsAutoIncrement;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::IsCurrency
    /** indicates whether the column is a cash value.
     */
    [readonly, property] boolean IsCurrency;



    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::IsRowVersion
    /** indicates that the column contains some kind of time or date stamp
        used to track updates.
     */
    [optional, readonly, property] boolean IsRowVersion;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::Description
    /** keeps a description of the object.
     */
    [optional, readonly, property] string Description;


    // DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column::DefaultValue
    /** keeps a default value for a column, is provided as string.
     */
    [optional, readonly, property] string DefaultValue;

};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

/*===========================================================================
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#endif