Class Field (2.42.3) 
  
  
  
   
  
    
  
  
    
    
    
    
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public   final   class  Field   implements   Serializable  
  Google BigQuery Table schema field. A table field has a name, a type, a mode and possibly a
 description.
Static Methods
   
  newBuilder(String name, LegacySQLTypeName type, Field[] subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field . Builder   newBuilder ( String   name ,   LegacySQLTypeName   type ,   Field []   subFields )  
  Returns a builder for a Field object with given name and type.
newBuilder(String name, LegacySQLTypeName type, FieldList subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field . Builder   newBuilder ( String   name ,   LegacySQLTypeName   type ,   FieldList   subFields )  
  Returns a builder for a Field object with given name and type.
newBuilder(String name, StandardSQLTypeName type, Field[] subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field . Builder   newBuilder ( String   name ,   StandardSQLTypeName   type ,   Field []   subFields )  
  Returns a builder for a Field object with given name and type.
newBuilder(String name, StandardSQLTypeName type, FieldList subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field . Builder   newBuilder ( String   name ,   StandardSQLTypeName   type ,   FieldList   subFields )  
  Returns a builder for a Field object with given name and type.
of(String name, LegacySQLTypeName type, Field[] subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field   of ( String   name ,   LegacySQLTypeName   type ,   Field []   subFields )  
  Returns a Field object with given name and type.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Field  
     
  
  of(String name, LegacySQLTypeName type, FieldList subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field   of ( String   name ,   LegacySQLTypeName   type ,   FieldList   subFields )  
  Returns a Field object with given name and type.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Field  
     
  
  of(String name, StandardSQLTypeName type, Field[] subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field   of ( String   name ,   StandardSQLTypeName   type ,   Field []   subFields )  
  Returns a Field object with given name and type.
    
      
        Returns  
      
        Type Description  
      
        Field  
     
  
  of(String name, StandardSQLTypeName type, FieldList subFields) 
  
    
public   static   Field   of ( String   name ,   StandardSQLTypeName   type ,   FieldList   subFields )  
  Returns a Field object with given name and type.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Field  
     
  
  Methods
   
  equals(Object obj) 
  
    
public   boolean   equals ( Object   obj )  
  
    
      
        Parameter  
      
        Name Description  
      
        objObject  
     
  
  
  Overrides 
  
  getCollation() 
  
    
public   String   getCollation ()  
  
    
      
        Returns  
      
        Type Description  
      
        String  
     
  
  getDefaultValueExpression() 
  
    
public   String   getDefaultValueExpression ()  
  Return the default value of the field.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        String  
     
  
  getDescription() 
  
    
public   String   getDescription ()  
  Returns the field description.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        String  
     
  
  getMaxLength() 
  
    
public   Long   getMaxLength ()  
  Returns the maximum length of the field for STRING or BYTES type.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Long  
     
  
  getMode() 
  
    
public   Field . Mode   getMode ()  
  Returns the field mode. By default Mode#NULLABLE  is used.
getName() 
  
  
  
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        String  
     
  
  
    
public   PolicyTags   getPolicyTags ()  
  Returns the policy tags for the field.
getPrecision() 
  
    
public   Long   getPrecision ()  
  Returns the maximum number of total digits allowed for NUMERIC or BIGNUMERIC types.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Long  
     
  
  getRangeElementType() 
  
    
public   FieldElementType   getRangeElementType ()  
  Return the range element type the field.
getScale() 
  
  Returns the maximum number of digits set in the fractional part of a NUMERIC or BIGNUMERIC
 type.
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        Long  
     
  
  getSubFields() 
  
    
public   FieldList   getSubFields ()  
  
  
  getType() 
  
    
public   LegacySQLTypeName   getType ()  
  
  
  hashCode() 
  
  
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        int  
     
  
  Overrides 
  
  toBuilder() 
  
    
public   Field . Builder   toBuilder ()  
  Returns a builder for the Field object.
toString() 
  
  
    
      
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        Type Description  
      
        String  
     
  
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