The following example shows you how to create a RecordFormatMetaData object:
// Create a RecordFormatMetaData object from a sequential file's record format. RecordFormat recordFormat = sequentialFile.getRecordFormat(); RecordFormatMetaData metadata = new RecordFormatMetaData(recordFormat); // Display the file's column names. int numberOfColumns = metadata.getColumnCount(); for (int column=0; column < numberOfColumns; column++) { System.out.println(metadata.getColumnName(column)); }