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Interface SymbolPropertyTableDB

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleSymbolPropertyTableDB

public interface SymbolPropertyTableDB

Database of SymbolPropertyTable objects.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Martin Szugat

Method Summary

Set	names() Returns the set of unique table names.
int	numTables() Returns the number of symbol property tables in the database.
SymbolPropertyTable	table(String name) Returns the table with the specified name.
SymbolPropertyTableIterator	tableIterator() Returns an iterator over SymbolPropertyTable objects.

Method Detail

tableIterator

SymbolPropertyTableIterator tableIterator()

Returns an iterator over SymbolPropertyTable objects.

Returns:

a new iterator

numTables

int numTables()

Returns the number of symbol property tables in the database.

Returns:

the number of tables

names

Set names()

Returns the set of unique table names.

Returns:

a set containing strings

table

SymbolPropertyTable table(String name)
                          throws IllegalIDException,
                                 NullPointerException

Returns the table with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the table

Returns:

the specified table

Throws:

IllegalIDException - if no symbol property table with the specified name could be found.

NullPointerException - if name is null.