ICollectionDescription.h

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/*
  Copyright (C) 2002-2024 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
*/
 
#ifndef COLLECTIONBASE_ICOLLECTIONDESCRIPTION_H
#define COLLECTIONBASE_ICOLLECTIONDESCRIPTION_H
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <typeinfo>
 
 
namespace pool {
 
  class ICollectionColumn;
  
  class ICollectionDescription
  {
  public:
    virtual const std::string& name() const = 0;
 
    virtual const std::string& type() const = 0;
 
    virtual const std::string& connection() const = 0;
 
    virtual const std::string& eventReferenceColumnName() const = 0;
 
    virtual bool hasEventReferenceColumn() const = 0;
 
    virtual int numberOfColumns() const = 0;
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn& column( const std::string& columnName ) const = 0;
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn* columnPtr( const std::string& columnName ) const = 0;
    
    virtual int numberOfTokenColumns() const = 0;
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn& tokenColumn( const std::string& columnName ) const = 0; 
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn& tokenColumn( int columnId ) const = 0; 
 
    virtual int numberOfAttributeColumns( ) const = 0;
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn& attributeColumn( const std::string& columnName ) const = 0; 
 
    virtual const ICollectionColumn& attributeColumn( int columnId ) const = 0; 
 
    virtual bool equals( const ICollectionDescription& rhs ) const = 0;
 
    virtual bool isSubsetOf( const ICollectionDescription& rhs ) const = 0;
 
    virtual void printOut() const {}
 
  protected:
    virtual ~ICollectionDescription() {}
  };
 
}
 
#endif