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/*                     __                                               *\
**     ________ ___   / /  ___     Scala API                            **
**    / __/ __// _ | / /  / _ |    (c) 2003-2006, LAMP/EPFL             **
**  __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ |                                         **
** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | |                                         **
**                          |/                                          **
\*                                                                      */

// $Id$


package scala.dbc.result;


/** Informations attached to a field about its content and its relationship to the originating database. */
abstract class FieldMetadata {

	/** The name of the field. */
	def name: String;

	/** The index of the field in the tuple. */
	def index: Int;

	/** The expected type of the field. This information is used for automatic transformation of the field value into a usable type. */
	def datatype: DataType;

	/** The name of the catalog in the database from which the field originates */
	def catalog: String;

	/** The name of the schema in the database from which the field originates */
	def schema: String;

	/** The name of the table in the database from which the field originates */
	def table: String;

}