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# $Id: Column.pm 852 2007-03-01 20:32:37Z bastian $
#
# Perl module for Kamailio
#
# Copyright (C) 2006 Collax GmbH
#                    (Bastian Friedrich <bastian.friedrich@collax.com>)
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# This file is part of Kamailio, a free SIP server.
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=head1 Kamailio::VDB::Column

This package represents database column definition, consisting of a 
column name and its data type.

=head2 Stringification

When accessing a Kamailio::VDB::Column object as a string, it simply returns its 
column name regardless of its type.
=cut

package Kamailio::VDB::Column;

use overload '""' => \&stringify;

sub stringify { shift->{name} }

use Kamailio;
use Kamailio::Constants;

our @ISA = qw ( Kamailio::Utils::Debug );

=head2 new(type,name)

Constructs a new Column object. Its type and the name are passed as
parameters.

=cut

sub new {
	my $class = shift;
	my $type = shift;
	my $name = shift;

	my $self = {
		type => $type,
		name => $name,
	};

	bless $self, $class;

	return $self;
}


=head2 type( )

Returns or sets the current type. Please consider using the constants
from Kamailio::Constants

=cut

sub type {
	my $self = shift;
	if (@_) {
		$self->{type} = shift;
	}

	return $self->{type};
}


=head2 name()

Returns or sets the current column name.

=cut

sub name {
	my $self = shift;
	if (@_) {
		$self->{name} = shift;
	}

	return $self->{name};
}

1;
