/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a String.
+ * casting it to a String (DataTypes TEXT, MEMO, GUID).
*/
public String getString(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Boolean.
+ * casting it to a Boolean (DataType BOOLEAN).
*/
public Boolean getBoolean(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Byte.
+ * casting it to a Byte (DataType BYTE).
*/
public Byte getByte(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Short.
+ * casting it to a Short (DataType INT).
*/
public Short getShort(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Integer.
+ * casting it to a Integer (DataType LONG).
*/
public Integer getInt(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a BigDecimal.
+ * casting it to a BigDecimal (DataTypes MONEY, NUMERIC).
*/
public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Float.
+ * casting it to a Float (DataType FLOAT).
*/
public Float getFloat(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Double.
+ * casting it to a Double (DataType DOUBLE).
*/
public Double getDouble(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a Date.
+ * casting it to a Date (DataType SHORT_DATE_TIME).
*/
public Date getDate(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a byte[].
+ * casting it to a byte[] (DataTypes BINARY, OLE).
*/
public byte[] getBytes(String name);
/**
* Convenience method which gets the value for the row with the given name,
- * casting it to a ComplexValueForeignKey.
+ * casting it to a ComplexValueForeignKey (DataType COMPLEX_TYPE).
*/
public ComplexValueForeignKey getForeignKey(String name);
}