com.datastax.driver.core
Class ColumnMetadata.IndexMetadata

java.lang.Object
  com.datastax.driver.core.ColumnMetadata.IndexMetadata

Enclosing class:

ColumnMetadata

public static class ColumnMetadata.IndexMetadata
extends Object

Metadata on a column index.

Method Summary

String	asCQLQuery() Returns a CQL query representing this index.
String	getIndexClassName() The name of the class used to implement the custom index, if it is one.
ColumnMetadata	getIndexedColumn() Returns the column this index metadata refers to.
String	getName() Returns the index name.
boolean	isCustomIndex() Returns whether this index is a custom one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getIndexedColumn

public ColumnMetadata getIndexedColumn()

Returns the column this index metadata refers to.

Returns:

the column this index metadata refers to.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the index name.

Returns:

the index name.

isCustomIndex

public boolean isCustomIndex()

Returns whether this index is a custom one.

If it is indeed a custome index, getIndexClassName() will return the name of the class used in Cassandra to implement that index.

Returns:

true if this metadata represents a custom index.

getIndexClassName

public String getIndexClassName()

The name of the class used to implement the custom index, if it is one.

Returns:

the name of the class used Cassandra side to implement this custom index if isCustomIndex() == true, null otherwise.

asCQLQuery

public String asCQLQuery()

Returns a CQL query representing this index. This method returns a single 'CREATE INDEX' query corresponding to this index definition.

Returns:

the 'CREATE INDEX' query corresponding to this index.