QDLVariable (QDL root module 1.5.6 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EGStem, QDLConvert.Sample, QDLDB.SQLTypes
```
public interface QDLVariable
extends Serializable
```
this represents a QDL variable. At load time, the name will be read and the value will be assigned in the symbol table. Once the variable is in the system,, this is ignored since the user then has access to it and can modify it.
Created by Jeff Gaynor
on 1/27/20 at 12:02 PM

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String getName()
  The name of the variable.
  
  Object getValue()
  The value.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    The name of the variable. This may be a simple name for a scalar, like "a", or it may represent a stem, like "a.". You may even set specific stem values by passing in the indexed stem, e.g. "a,3" or "a.j" (the index for the latter is "j" unless it resolves to another value.
    
    Returns:
  - getValue
```
Object getValue()
```
    The value. The basic Java types that QDL knows are Boolean, String, Long, BigDecimal, and QDLStem.
    
    Returns: