ColumnMetaData (datavec-api 1.0.0-M2.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseColumnMetaData, BinaryMetaData, BooleanMetaData, CategoricalMetaData, DoubleMetaData, FloatMetaData, IntegerMetaData, LongMetaData, NDArrayMetaData, StringMetaData, TimeMetaData
```
public interface ColumnMetaData
extends Serializable, Cloneable
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ColumnMetaData`	`clone()`
`ColumnType`	`getColumnType()`	Get the type of column
`String`	`getName()`	Get the name of the specified column
`boolean`	`isValid(Object input)`	Is the given object valid for this column, given the column type and any restrictions given by the ColumnMetaData object?
`boolean`	`isValid(Writable writable)`	Is the given Writable valid for this column, given the column type and any restrictions given by the ColumnMetaData object?
`void`	`setName(String name)`	Setter for the name

- Method Detail
  - getName
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String getName()
```
    Get the name of the specified column
    
    Returns:
    
    Name of the column
  - setName
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void setName(String name)
```
    Setter for the name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name -
  - getColumnType
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ColumnType getColumnType()
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    Get the type of column
  - isValid
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boolean isValid(Writable writable)
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    Is the given Writable valid for this column, given the column type and any restrictions given by the ColumnMetaData object?
    
    Parameters:
    
    writable - Writable to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if value, false if invalid
  - isValid
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boolean isValid(Object input)
```
    Is the given object valid for this column, given the column type and any restrictions given by the ColumnMetaData object?
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - object to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if value, false if invalid
  - clone
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ColumnMetaData clone()
```
    Returns: