*/
public Map getColumnInfo() {
List meta = getMetaTable();
Map result = new HashMap(meta.size()); // smaller is likely
// find all properties for this table
List tableSpecificColumnInfo = new AllEqualsFilter(TableFactory.KEY_TABLE).filter(meta, getTable());
for (Iterator eachColumnInfo = tableSpecificColumnInfo.iterator(); eachColumnInfo.hasNext();) {
Properties colInfo = (Properties) eachColumnInfo.next();
try {
// tableClass defaults to the current class