explicitName == null ?
state.getNamingStrategy().propertyToColumnName( getAttribute().getName() ) :
state.getNamingStrategy().columnName( explicitName );
// todo : find out the purpose of these logical bindings
// mappings.addColumnBinding( logicalColumnName, column, table );
Column columnValue = table.createColumn( columnName );
columnValue.getSize().initialize( state.getSize() );
columnValue.setNullable( ! forceNonNullable() && state.isNullable() );
columnValue.setUnique( ! forceUnique() && state.isUnique() );
columnValue.setCheckCondition( state.getCheckCondition() );
columnValue.setDefaultValue( state.getDefault() );