Column Data Accessor

org.eclipse.wst.rdb.data.core.columnDataAccessor

08/10/2005

The columnDataAccessor allows to contribute an IColumnDataAccessor object to be used with a particular vendor, version and datatype. The contributed object is then used to perform the data access in the table editor, allowing to implement support for database-specific data types.

<!ELEMENT extension (accessor)*>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT accessor EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST accessor

vendor   CDATA #IMPLIED

version  CDATA #IMPLIED

dataType CDATA #IMPLIED

class    CDATA #REQUIRED>

This element specifies an IColumnDataAccessor to be used with a combination of vendor/version/data type. If several contributions matches a given column, the most specific contribution is used (the one that specifies the highest number of criteria).