Classes

EOAccessArrayFaultHandler
EOAccessFaultHandler
EOAccessGenericFaultHandler
EOAdaptor
EOAdaptorChannel
EOAdaptorContext
EOAdaptorOperation
EOAttribute
EODatabase
EODatabaseChannel
EODatabaseContext
EODatabaseDataSource
EODatabaseOperation
EOEntity
EOEntityClassDescription
EOJoin
EOLoginPanel
EOModel
EOModelGroup
EORelationship
EOSQLExpression
EOSQLExpressionFactory
EOSQLQualifier
EOStoredProcedure

Protocols

<EOColumnTypes>
<EOPropertyListEncoding>
<EOQualifierSQLGeneration>
(EOAccessFaultUnableToFaultToOne)
(EOAdaptorChannelDelegation)
(EOAdaptorContextDelegation)
(EOAdaptorDelegate)
(EOCustomClassArchiving)
(EODatabaseContextDelegation)
(EOEntity)
(EOModelGroupClassDelegation)
(EOModelGroupDelegation)
(EOSchemaSynchronizationDelegates)

Functions

EODatabaseContext_globalIDForObjectWithImpPtr
EODatabaseContext_snapshotForGlobalIDWithImpPtr
GDL2_EOAccessPrivateInit

Types

EOAdaptorOperator
EOAdaptorValueType
EODatabaseOperator
EODelegateResponse
EOFactoryMethodArgumentType
EOJoinSemantic
EOParameterDirection
EOUpdateStrategy

Variables

EOAccessFaultObjectNotAvailableException
EOAdaptorContextBeginTransactionNotification
EOAdaptorContextCommitTransactionNotification
EOAdaptorContextRollbackTransactionNotification
EOAdaptorFailureKey
EOAdaptorKey
EOAdaptorOperationsKey
EOAdaptorOptimisticLockingFailure
EOAdministrativeConnectionDictionaryKey
EOAdministrativeConnectionDictionaryNeededNotification
EOAllowsNullKey
EOBindVariableAttributeKey
EOBindVariableColumnKey
EOBindVariableNameKey
EOBindVariablePlaceHolderKey
EOBindVariableValueKey
EOColumnNameKey
EOConnectionDictionaryKey
EOCreateDatabaseKey
EOCreatePrimaryKeySupportKey
EOCreateTablesKey
EOCustomQueryExpressionHintKey
EODatabaseChannelNeededNotification
EODatabaseContextKey
EODatabaseOperationsKey
EODeleteProcedureOperation
EODistantPastTimeInterval
EODropDatabaseKey
EODropPrimaryKeySupportKey
EODropTablesKey
EOEntityLoadedNotification
EOExternalNameKey
EOExternalTypeKey
EOFailedAdaptorOperationKey
EOFailedDatabaseOperationKey
EOFetchAllProcedureOperation
EOFetchWithPrimaryKeyProcedureOperation
EOForeignKeyConstraintsKey
EOGeneralAdaptorException
EOGeneralDatabaseException
EOInsertProcedureOperation
EOModelAddedNotification
EOModelInvalidatedNotification
EOModelKey
EOMoreThanOneException
EONameKey
EONextPrimaryKeyProcedureOperation
EOPrecisionKey
EOPrimaryKeyConstraintsKey
EORelationshipsKey
EOScaleKey
EOSchemaSynchronizationForeignKeyConstraintsKey
EOSchemaSynchronizationPrimaryKeyConstraintsKey
EOSchemaSynchronizationPrimaryKeySupportKey
EOStoredProcedureNameHintKey
EOWidthKey
GDL2_EOAttributeClass
GDL2_EODatabaseContextClass
GDL2_EODatabaseContext__globalIDForObjectIMP
GDL2_EODatabaseContext_snapshotForGlobalIDIMP
GDL2_EOEntityClass
GDL2_EORelationshipClass
eqSel
struct _EOTransactionScope

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EOAttribute class documentation

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Date: Generated at 2026-02-09


Contents -

  1. Software documentation for the EOAttribute class
  2. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeEditing) category
  3. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreation) category
  4. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreationEditing) category
  5. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueMapping) category
  6. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOModelBeautifier) category
  7. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupport) category
  8. Software documentation for the EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupportEditing) category
  9. Software documentation for the NSObject(EOCustomClassArchiving) informal protocol
  10. EOAttribute types

Software documentation for the EOAttribute class

EOAttribute : NSObject

class_EOAttribute NSObject NSObject EOAttribute EOAttribute NSObject->EOAttribute p_EOPropertyListEncoding EOPropertyListEncoding p_EOPropertyListEncoding->EOAttribute
Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Conforms to:
EOPropertyListEncoding
Description forthcoming.

EOAttribute declares 30 Instance Variables

Method summary


attributeWithParent: definition: 

+ (id) attributeWithParent: (EOEntity*)parent definition: (NSString*)def;
returns an autoreleased attribute

attributeWithPropertyList: owner: 

+ (id) attributeWithPropertyList: (NSDictionary*)propertyList owner: (id)owner;
returns an autoreleased attribute owned by onwer and built from propertyList

allowsNull 

- (BOOL) allowsNull;
Description forthcoming.

columnName 

- (NSString*) columnName;
Description forthcoming.

definition 

- (NSString*) definition;
Description forthcoming.

docComment 

- (NSString*) docComment;
Description forthcoming.

entity 

- (EOEntity*) entity;
Description forthcoming.

externalType 

- (NSString*) externalType;
Description forthcoming.

isDerived 

- (BOOL) isDerived;
Description forthcoming.

isFlattened 

- (BOOL) isFlattened;
Description forthcoming.

isReadOnly 

- (BOOL) isReadOnly;
Description forthcoming.

name 

- (NSString*) name;
Description forthcoming.

parameterDirection 

- (EOParameterDirection) parameterDirection;
Description forthcoming.

parent 

- (id) parent;
Description forthcoming.

precision 

- (unsigned int) precision;
Description forthcoming.

prototype 

- (EOAttribute*) prototype;
Description forthcoming.

prototypeName 

- (NSString*) prototypeName;
Description forthcoming.

readFormat 

- (NSString*) readFormat;
Description forthcoming.

referencesProperty: 

- (BOOL) referencesProperty: (id)aProperty;
Returns YES if the attribute references aProperty, NO otherwise.

relationshipPath 

- (NSString*) relationshipPath;
Description forthcoming.

scale 

- (int) scale;
Description forthcoming.

setEntity: 

- (void) setEntity: (EOEntity*)entity;
Description forthcoming.

setParent: 

- (void) setParent: (id)parent;
Description forthcoming.

storedProcedure 

- (EOStoredProcedure*) storedProcedure;
Description forthcoming.

targetAttribute 

- (EOAttribute*) targetAttribute;
Description forthcoming.

userInfo 

- (NSDictionary*) userInfo;
Description forthcoming.

valueClassName 

- (NSString*) valueClassName;
Description forthcoming.

valueType 

- (NSString*) valueType;
Description forthcoming.

width 

- (unsigned int) width;
Description forthcoming.

writeFormat 

- (NSString*) writeFormat;
Description forthcoming.



Instance Variables for EOAttribute Class

_adaptorValueConversionMethod

@protected SEL _adaptorValueConversionMethod;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_adaptorValueConversionMethodName

@protected NSString* _adaptorValueConversionMethodName;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_adaptorValueType

@protected EOAdaptorValueType _adaptorValueType;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_argumentType

@protected EOFactoryMethodArgumentType _argumentType;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_columnName

@protected NSString* _columnName;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_definitionArray

@protected EOExpressionArray* _definitionArray;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_docComment

@protected NSString* _docComment;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_externalType

@protected NSString* _externalType;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_internalInfo

@protected NSDictionary* _internalInfo;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_name

@protected NSString* _name;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_parameterDirection

@protected EOParameterDirection _parameterDirection;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_parent

@protected id _parent;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_precision

@protected unsigned short int _precision;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_prototype

@protected EOAttribute* _prototype;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_prototypeName

@protected NSString* _prototypeName;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_readFormat

@protected NSString* _readFormat;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_realAttribute

@protected EOAttribute* _realAttribute;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_scale

@protected short int _scale;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_serverTimeZone

@protected NSTimeZone* _serverTimeZone;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_sourceToDestinationKeyMap

@protected NSDictionary* _sourceToDestinationKeyMap;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_userInfo

@protected NSDictionary* _userInfo;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueClass

@protected Class _valueClass;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueClassName

@protected NSString* _valueClassName;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueFactoryMethod

@protected SEL _valueFactoryMethod;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueFactoryMethodName

@protected NSString* _valueFactoryMethodName;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueType

@protected NSString* _valueType;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_valueTypeCharacter

@protected unichar _valueTypeCharacter;
First char of _valueType or \0
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_width

@protected unsigned int _width;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_writeFormat

@protected NSString* _writeFormat;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

extraRefCount

@protected unsigned int extraRefCount;
Description forthcoming.




Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeEditing) category

EOAttribute(EOAttributeEditing)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


_normalizeDefinition: path: 

- (id) _normalizeDefinition: (id)definition path: (NSArray*)path;
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.

setAllowsNull: 

- (void) setAllowsNull: (BOOL)allowsNull;
Description forthcoming.

setColumnName: 

- (void) setColumnName: (NSString*)columnName;
Description forthcoming.

setDefinition: 

- (void) setDefinition: (NSString*)definition;
Description forthcoming.

setDocComment: 

- (void) setDocComment: (NSString*)docComment;
Description forthcoming.

setExternalType: 

- (void) setExternalType: (NSString*)type;
Description forthcoming.

setInternalInfo: 

- (void) setInternalInfo: (NSDictionary*)dictionary;
Description forthcoming.

setName: 

- (void) setName: (NSString*)name;
Description forthcoming.

setParameterDirection: 

- (void) setParameterDirection: (EOParameterDirection)parameterDirection;
Description forthcoming.

setPrecision: 

- (void) setPrecision: (unsigned int)precision;
Description forthcoming.

setPrototype: 

- (void) setPrototype: (EOAttribute*)prototype;
Description forthcoming.

setReadFormat: 

- (void) setReadFormat: (NSString*)string;
Description forthcoming.

setReadOnly: 

- (void) setReadOnly: (BOOL)yn;
Description forthcoming.

setScale: 

- (void) setScale: (int)scale;
Description forthcoming.

setUserInfo: 

- (void) setUserInfo: (NSDictionary*)dictionary;
Description forthcoming.

setValueClassName: 

- (void) setValueClassName: (NSString*)name;
Description forthcoming.

setValueType: 

- (void) setValueType: (NSString*)type;
Description forthcoming.

setWidth: 

- (void) setWidth: (unsigned int)length;
Description forthcoming.

setWriteFormat: 

- (void) setWriteFormat: (NSString*)string;
Description forthcoming.

validateName: 

- (NSException*) validateName: (NSString*)name;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreation) category

EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreation)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


adaptorValueByConvertingAttributeValue: 

- (id) adaptorValueByConvertingAttributeValue: (id)value;
Description forthcoming.

adaptorValueConversionMethod 

- (SEL) adaptorValueConversionMethod;
Description forthcoming.

adaptorValueConversionMethodName 

- (NSString*) adaptorValueConversionMethodName;
Description forthcoming.

adaptorValueType 

- (EOAdaptorValueType) adaptorValueType;
Description forthcoming.

factoryMethodArgumentType 

- (EOFactoryMethodArgumentType) factoryMethodArgumentType;
Description forthcoming.

newDateForYear: month: day: hour: minute: second: millisecond: timezone: zone: 

- (NSCalendarDate*) newDateForYear: (int)year month: (unsigned int)month day: (unsigned int)day hour: (unsigned int)hour minute: (unsigned int)minute second: (unsigned int)second millisecond: (unsigned int)millisecond timezone: (NSTimeZone*)timezone zone: (NSZone*)zone;
Description forthcoming.

newValueForBytes: length: 

- (id) newValueForBytes: (const void*)bytes length: (int)length;
Description forthcoming.

newValueForBytes: length: encoding: 

- (id) newValueForBytes: (const void*)bytes length: (int)length encoding: (NSStringEncoding)encoding;
Description forthcoming.

valueFactoryMethod 

- (SEL) valueFactoryMethod;
Description forthcoming.

valueFactoryMethodName 

- (NSString*) valueFactoryMethodName;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreationEditing) category

EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueCreationEditing)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


setAdaptorValueConversionMethodName: 

- (void) setAdaptorValueConversionMethodName: (NSString*)conversionMethodName;
Description forthcoming.

setFactoryMethodArgumentType: 

- (void) setFactoryMethodArgumentType: (EOFactoryMethodArgumentType)argumentType;
Description forthcoming.

setValueFactoryMethodName: 

- (void) setValueFactoryMethodName: (NSString*)factoryMethodName;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueMapping) category

EOAttribute(EOAttributeValueMapping)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


validateValue: 

- (NSException*) validateValue: (id*)valueP;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(EOModelBeautifier) category

EOAttribute(EOModelBeautifier)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


beautifyName 

- (void) beautifyName;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupport) category

EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupport)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


serverTimeZone 

- (NSTimeZone*) serverTimeZone;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupportEditing) category

EOAttribute(NSCalendarDateSupportEditing)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


setServerTimeZone: 

- (void) setServerTimeZone: (NSTimeZone*)tz;
Description forthcoming.

Software documentation for the NSObject(EOCustomClassArchiving) informal protocol

NSObject(EOCustomClassArchiving)

Declared in:
EOAccess/EOAttribute.h
Description forthcoming.

Method summary


objectWithArchiveData: 

+ (id) objectWithArchiveData: (NSData*)data;
Description forthcoming.

archiveData 

- (NSData*) archiveData;
Description forthcoming.

EOAttribute types

EOAdaptorValueType

typedef enum ... EOAdaptorValueType;
Description forthcoming.

EOFactoryMethodArgumentType

typedef enum ... EOFactoryMethodArgumentType;
Description forthcoming.

EOParameterDirection

typedef enum ... EOParameterDirection;
Description forthcoming.


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