public String toXML()
    {
        RepositoryTags tags = RepositoryTags.getInstance();
        String eol = SystemUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR;

        //opening tag + attributes
        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer( 1024 );
        result.append( "      " );
        result.append( tags.getOpeningTagNonClosingById( FIELD_DESCRIPTOR ) );
        result.append( " " );
        result.append( eol );

        //        // id
        //        String id = new Integer(getColNo()).toString();
        //        result += /*"        " +*/ tags.getAttribute(ID, id) + eol;

        // name
        result.append( "        " );
        result.append( tags.getAttribute( FIELD_NAME, this.getAttributeName() ) );
        result.append( eol );

        // table not yet implemented

        // column
        result.append( "        " );
        result.append( tags.getAttribute( COLUMN_NAME, this.getColumnName() ) );
        result.append( eol );

        // jdbc-type
        result.append( "        " );
        result.append( tags.getAttribute( JDBC_TYPE, this.getColumnType() ) );
        result.append( eol );

        // primarykey
        if( this.isPrimaryKey() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( PRIMARY_KEY, "true" ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // nullable
        if( this.isRequired() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( NULLABLE, "false" ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // indexed not yet implemented

        // autoincrement
        if( this.isAutoIncrement() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( AUTO_INCREMENT, "true" ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // locking
        if( this.isLocking() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( LOCKING, "true" ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // updateLock
        // default is true so only write if false
        if( !this.isUpdateLock() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( UPDATE_LOCK, "false" ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // default-fetch not yet implemented

        // conversion
        if( this.getFieldConversion().getClass() != FieldConversionDefaultImpl.class )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( FIELD_CONVERSION, getFieldConversion().getClass().getName() ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // length
        if( this.isLengthSpecified() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( LENGTH, "" + getLength() ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // precision
        if( this.isPrecisionSpecified() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( PRECISION, "" + getPrecision() ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // scale
        if( this.isScaleSpecified() )
        {
            result.append( "        " );
            result.append( tags.getAttribute( SCALE, "" + getScale() ) );
            result.append( eol );
        }

        // access
        result.append( "        " );
        result.append( tags.getAttribute( ACCESS, this.getAccess() ) );
        result.append( eol );

        result.append( "      />" );
        result.append( eol );
        return result.toString();
    }
public String toXML ( ) { RepositoryTags tags = RepositoryTags . getInstance ( ) ; String eol = SystemUtils . LINE_SEPARATOR ; StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer ( 1024 ) ; result . append ( "      " ) ; result . append ( tags . getOpeningTagNonClosingById ( FIELD_DESCRIPTOR ) ) ; result . append ( " " ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( FIELD_NAME , this . getAttributeName ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( COLUMN_NAME , this . getColumnName ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( JDBC_TYPE , this . getColumnType ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; if ( this . isPrimaryKey ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( PRIMARY_KEY , "true" ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isRequired ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( NULLABLE , "false" ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isAutoIncrement ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( AUTO_INCREMENT , "true" ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isLocking ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( LOCKING , "true" ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( ! this . isUpdateLock ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( UPDATE_LOCK , "false" ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . getFieldConversion ( ) . getClass ( ) != FieldConversionDefaultImpl . class ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( FIELD_CONVERSION , getFieldConversion ( ) . getClass ( ) . getName ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isLengthSpecified ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( LENGTH , "" + getLength ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isPrecisionSpecified ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( PRECISION , "" + getPrecision ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } if ( this . isScaleSpecified ( ) ) { result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( SCALE , "" + getScale ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; } result . append ( "        " ) ; result . append ( tags . getAttribute ( ACCESS , this . getAccess ( ) ) ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; result . append ( "      />" ) ; result . append ( eol ) ; return result . toString ( ) ; }
/*
@see XmlCapable#toXML()