of the given attribute name, -1 if not found</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>name</code> - the name of the attribute</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the column index or -1 if not found</dd></dl>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="getColumnClass(int)">
<!--   -->
</a>
<ul class="blockList">
<li class="blockList">
<h4>getColumnClass</h4>
<pre>public&nbsp;java.lang.Class&nbsp;getColumnClass(int&nbsp;columnIndex)</pre>
<div class="block">returns the most specific supe