IBM DB2 Information Integrator
Java API Reference
for Developing Wrappers

com.ibm.db2.wrapper
Class Quantifier

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.ibm.db2.wrapper.Quantifier

public final class Quantifier
extends java.lang.Object

The Quantifier class encapsulates information for a quantifier of a Request.

Usage:
This class is instantiated by the federated server to contain information for a Request object during query planning. The quantifiers are the entities specified in the FROM clause of the query. The planRequest method in the wrapper-specific unfenced server subclass examines the quantifier information and adds the information to the Reply objects if the wrapper can process this information.

Since:
IBM DB2 Information Integrator Version 8.2

Method Summary
 int getHandle()
          Retrieve the handle of the quantifier.
 UnfencedGenericNickname getNickname()
          Retrieve the nickname that is referenced by this quantifier.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getHandle

public int getHandle()
Retrieve the handle of the quantifier. The handle is an integer value that is used by the federated server's query planning component.

Returns:
The quantifier handle.
Since:
IBM DB2 Information Integrator Version 8.2

getNickname

public UnfencedGenericNickname getNickname()
Retrieve the nickname that is referenced by this quantifier.

Returns:
The nickname that is referenced by the quantifier.
Since:
IBM DB2 Information Integrator Version 8.2

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