Attributes and Name Properties Example (VJ++)

This example displays the value of the Attributes property for Connection, Field, and Property objects. It uses the Name property to display the name of each Field and Property object.

// BeginAttributesJ
import com.ms.wfc.data.*;
import java.io.*;

public class AttributesX
{
   // The main entry point for the application
   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
      AttributesX();
      System.exit(0);
   }

   // AttributeX Function

   static void AttributesX()
   {
      // Define ADO Objects.
      Connection cnConn1 = null;
      Recordset rstEmployees = null;
      Fields listOfFields = null;
      AdoProperties listOfProperties = null;

      //Declarations.
      BufferedReader in = 
         new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
      String line = null;
      String strCnn = "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source='MySqlServer';"
         + "Initial Catalog='Pubs';Integrated Security='SSPI';";
      int recordDisplaySize = 15;
      int propertyCount = 0;
      try
      {
         // Open connection and recordset.
         cnConn1 = new Connection();
         cnConn1.open(strCnn);

         rstEmployees = new Recordset ();
         rstEmployees.open("employee", 
            cnConn1,AdoEnums.CursorType.FORWARDONLY, 
            AdoEnums.LockType.READONLY, AdoEnums.CommandType.TABLE);

         // Display the attributes of the connection.
         System.out.println("Connection attributes = " 
            + cnConn1.getAttributes());
         // Display the attributes of the Employees table's fields.
         System.out.println("\n\nField attributes : " + "\n");

         listOfFields = rstEmployees.getFields();

         for ( int i=0; i < listOfFields.getCount();i++)
         {
            System.out.println("\t\t" + listOfFields.getItem(i).getName()
               + " = " + listOfFields.getItem(i).getAttributes());
         }

         // Display fields of the Employees table which are NULLABLE.
         System.out.println("\n\nNULLABLE Fields : " + "\n");
         for ( int i=0; i < listOfFields.getCount();i++)
         {
            if ((listOfFields.getItem(i).getAttributes() & 
               AdoEnums.FieldAttribute.ISNULLABLE) > 0)
               System.out.println("\t\t" + 
               listOfFields.getItem(i).getName());

         }

         System.out.println ("\n\nPress <Enter> key to continue..");
         line = in.readLine();

         // Display the attributes of the Employees table's properties.
         System.out.println("\n\nProperty attributes : " );
         listOfProperties = rstEmployees.getProperties();
         for ( int i=0; i < listOfProperties.getCount() ;i++)
         {
            System.out.println("\t\t" + 
               listOfProperties.getItem(i).getName()
               + " = " + listOfProperties.getItem(i).getAttributes());

            if (propertyCount == recordDisplaySize)
            {
               System.out.println ("\n\nPress <Enter> key to continue.");
               line = in.readLine();
               propertyCount = 0;
            }
            propertyCount++;
         }

         System.out.println ("\n\nPress <Enter> key to continue.");
         line = in.readLine();
      }
      catch( AdoException ae )
      {
         // Notify user of any errors that result from ADO.

         // Check for null pointer for connection object.
         if (rstEmployees.getActiveConnection()==null)
            System.out.println("Exception: " + ae.getMessage());

         // As passing a Recordset, check for null pointer first.

         if (rstEmployees != null)
         {
            PrintProviderError(rstEmployees.getActiveConnection());
         }
         else
         {
            System.out.println("Exception: " + ae.getMessage());
         }
      }

      // System read requires this catch.
      catch( java.io.IOException je)
      {
         PrintIOError(je);
      }      
      
      finally
      {
         // Cleanup objects before exit.   
         if (rstEmployees != null)
            if (rstEmployees.getState() == 1)
               rstEmployees.close();   
         if (cnConn1 != null)
            if (cnConn1.getState() == 1)
               cnConn1.close();
      }
   }

   // PrintProviderError Function

   static void PrintProviderError( Connection Cnn1 )
   {
      // Print Provider errors from Connection object.
      // ErrItem is an item object in the Connections Errors collection.
      com.ms.wfc.data.Error  ErrItem = null;
      long nCount = 0;
      int  i      = 0;

      nCount = Cnn1.getErrors().getCount();

      // If there are any errors in the collection, print them.
      if( nCount > 0);
      {
         // Collection ranges from 0 to nCount - 1
         for (i = 0; i< nCount; i++)
         {
            ErrItem = Cnn1.getErrors().getItem(i);
            System.out.println("\t Error number: " + ErrItem.getNumber()
               + "\t" + ErrItem.getDescription() );
         }
      }

   }

   //.PrintIOError Function
   
   static void PrintIOError( java.io.IOException je)
   {
      System.out.println("Error \n");
      System.out.println("\tSource = " + je.getClass() + "\n");
      System.out.println("\tDescription = " + je.getMessage() + "\n");
   }
}

// EndAttributesJ

See Also

Attributes Property | Connection Object | Field Object | Name Property | Property Object