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# RecordObject.Column

> RecordObject.Column — Kinetica Java API

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    <div className="sub-title"><span className="package-label-in-type">Package</span> <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/package-summary">com.gpudb</a></div>
    <h1 title="Annotation Type RecordObject.Column" className="title">Annotation Type RecordObject.Column</h1>
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      <div className="dt">Enclosing class:</div>
      <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/RecordObject" title="class in com.gpudb">RecordObject</a></code></div>
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    <div className="type-signature"><span className="annotations"><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/annotation/Retention.html" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation" className="external-link">@Retention</a>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/annotation/RetentionPolicy.html#RUNTIME" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation" className="external-link">RUNTIME</a>) <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/annotation/Target.html" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation" className="external-link">@Target</a>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/annotation/ElementType.html#FIELD" title="class or interface in java.lang.annotation" className="external-link">FIELD</a>) </span><span className="modifiers">public static @interface </span><span className="element-name type-name-label">RecordObject.Column</span></div>
    <div className="block">Indicates that a public field is a GPUdb type column.</div>
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          <h2>Required Element Summary</h2>
          <div className="caption"><span>Required Elements</span></div>

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            <div className="table-header col-first">Modifier and Type</div>
            <div className="table-header col-second">Required Element</div>
            <div className="table-header col-last">Description</div>
            <div className="col-first even-row-color"><code>int</code></div>
            <div className="col-second even-row-color"><code><a href="#order()" className="member-name-link">order</a></code></div>

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              <div className="block">The order of the column relative to other columns.</div>
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          <h2>Optional Element Summary</h2>
          <div className="caption"><span>Optional Elements</span></div>

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            <div className="table-header col-first">Modifier and Type</div>
            <div className="table-header col-second">Optional Element</div>
            <div className="table-header col-last">Description</div>
            <div className="col-first even-row-color"><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a></code></div>
            <div className="col-second even-row-color"><code><a href="#name()" className="member-name-link">name</a></code></div>

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              <div className="block">The name of the column.</div>
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            <div className="col-first odd-row-color"><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>\[]</code></div>
            <div className="col-second odd-row-color"><code><a href="#properties()" className="member-name-link">properties</a></code></div>

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              <div className="block">A list of properties that are applicable to the column.</div>
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          <h2>Element Details</h2>

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                <h3>name</h3>
                <div className="member-signature"><span className="return-type"><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a></span> <span className="element-name">name</span></div>
                <div className="block">The name of the column. If not specified, the field name will be used.</div>

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                  <div className="dt">Default:</div>
                  <div className="dd"><code>""</code></div>
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                <h3>order</h3>
                <div className="member-signature"><span className="return-type">int</span> <span className="element-name">order</span></div>
                <div className="block">The order of the column relative to other columns. If two columns have the same value for order, they will be sorted by name.</div>
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                <h3>properties</h3>
                <div className="member-signature"><span className="return-type"><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>\[]</span> <span className="element-name">properties</span></div>
                <div className="block">A list of properties that are applicable to the column.</div>

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                  <div className="dt">See Also:</div>

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                      <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/ColumnProperty" title="class in com.gpudb"><code>ColumnProperty</code></a></li>
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                  <div className="dt">Default:</div>
                  <div className="dd"><code>{"{"}{"}"}</code></div>
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