Entity (Maximo API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TableInfo, ViewInfo
```
public interface Entity
```
An interface to access persistance details of a business object without the need to figure combinations. The terminology, entity column, means the column name used by the SQL query to fetch data from database.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`java.lang.String`	`getAuditTable(java.lang.String tableName)` Returns the audit table name for the given table name.
`java.lang.String`	`getColumnName(java.lang.String entityColumnName)` Returns the database table's column name for the given entity column name.
`java.lang.String`	`getColumnName(java.lang.String entityColumnName, java.lang.String tableName)` Returns the column name for a given table that has the same storage as a fetch column name.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getColumns(java.lang.String tableName)` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of column names for the given table.
`java.lang.String`	`getEntityColumnName(java.lang.String tableColumnName, java.lang.String tableName)` Returns the Entity column name for the given table column name and table name.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getEntityColumns()` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of columns that are used for fetching data from database.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getKeyColumns(java.lang.String tableName)` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of key columns of the given table name.
`java.lang.String`	`getLangColumnName(java.lang.String tableName)` Gets the language column Name
`RowStampInfo`	`getRowStampInfo()` Returns rowstamp information related to this entity.
`int`	`getTableCount()` Returns the number of tables associted with a business object.
`java.lang.String`	`getTableName(java.lang.String entityColumnName)` Returns the table name for the given entity column name.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getTables()` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getTablesInHierarchyOrder()` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored in hierarchy order of inheritance from root to leaf node.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getTablesInReverseHierarchyOrder()` Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored in reverse hierarchy order of inheritance from leaf node to root node.
`TenantIdInfo`	`getTenantIdInfo()` Returns tenantif information related to this entity.
`boolean`	`hasImplicitTenantId()` Returns whether the entity has tenantid or not for any of the participating tables.
`boolean`	`hasImplicitTenantId(java.lang.String tableName)` Returns whether the entity has tenantid or not for the table `tableName`.
`boolean`	`hasRowStamp()` Returns whether the entity has rowstamp or not.

- Method Detail
  - getTables
```
java.util.Iterator getTables()
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored.
  - getTableCount
```
int getTableCount()
```
    Returns the number of tables associted with a business object.
  - getTablesInHierarchyOrder
```
java.util.Iterator getTablesInHierarchyOrder()
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored in hierarchy order of inheritance from root to leaf node.
  - getTablesInReverseHierarchyOrder
```
java.util.Iterator getTablesInReverseHierarchyOrder()
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of tables in which the business object data is stored in reverse hierarchy order of inheritance from leaf node to root node.
  - getEntityColumns
```
java.util.Iterator getEntityColumns()
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of columns that are used for fetching data from database.
  - getColumns
```
java.util.Iterator getColumns(java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of column names for the given table. Note: If the entity is a table, the columns returned are column names of the table. If the entity is a view, the columns returned are the column names of the table on which the view is based. The column names returned by this method could be completely different from the getEntityColumns() method, if the entity is a view.
  - getTableName
```
java.lang.String getTableName(java.lang.String entityColumnName)
```
    Returns the table name for the given entity column name.
  - getColumnName
```
java.lang.String getColumnName(java.lang.String entityColumnName)
```
    Returns the database table's column name for the given entity column name.
  - getColumnName
```
java.lang.String getColumnName(java.lang.String entityColumnName,
                               java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns the column name for a given table that has the same storage as a fetch column name.
  - getEntityColumnName
```
java.lang.String getEntityColumnName(java.lang.String tableColumnName,
                                     java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns the Entity column name for the given table column name and table name.
  - getKeyColumns
```
java.util.Iterator getKeyColumns(java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns an Iterator to iterate over the list of key columns of the given table name.
  - getRowStampInfo
```
RowStampInfo getRowStampInfo()
```
    Returns rowstamp information related to this entity.
  - hasRowStamp
```
boolean hasRowStamp()
```
    Returns whether the entity has rowstamp or not.
  - getAuditTable
```
java.lang.String getAuditTable(java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns the audit table name for the given table name.
  - getLangColumnName
```
java.lang.String getLangColumnName(java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Gets the language column Name
  - hasImplicitTenantId
```
boolean hasImplicitTenantId(java.lang.String tableName)
```
    Returns whether the entity has tenantid or not for the table tableName.
  - hasImplicitTenantId
```
boolean hasImplicitTenantId()
```
    Returns whether the entity has tenantid or not for any of the participating tables.
  - getTenantIdInfo
```
TenantIdInfo getTenantIdInfo()
```
    Returns tenantif information related to this entity.

getTables

getTableCount

getTablesInHierarchyOrder

getTablesInReverseHierarchyOrder

getEntityColumns

getColumns

getTableName

getColumnName

getColumnName

getEntityColumnName

getKeyColumns

getRowStampInfo

hasRowStamp

getAuditTable

getLangColumnName

hasImplicitTenantId

hasImplicitTenantId

getTenantIdInfo