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| package java.sql; |
| |
| /** |
| * The interface used for the custom mapping of an SQL user-defined type (UDT) to |
| * a class in the Java programming language. The class object for a class |
| * implementing the <code>SQLData</code> interface will be entered in the |
| * appropriate <code>Connection</code> object's type map along with the SQL |
| * name of the UDT for which it is a custom mapping. |
| * <P> |
| * Typically, a <code>SQLData</code> implementation |
| * will define a field for each attribute of an SQL structured type or a |
| * single field for an SQL <code>DISTINCT</code> type. When the UDT is |
| * retrieved from a data source with the <code>ResultSet.getObject</code> |
| * method, it will be mapped as an instance of this class. A programmer |
| * can operate on this class instance just as on any other object in the |
| * Java programming language and then store any changes made to it by |
| * calling the <code>PreparedStatement.setObject</code> method, |
| * which will map it back to the SQL type. |
| * <p> |
| * It is expected that the implementation of the class for a custom |
| * mapping will be done by a tool. In a typical implementation, the |
| * programmer would simply supply the name of the SQL UDT, the name of |
| * the class to which it is being mapped, and the names of the fields to |
| * which each of the attributes of the UDT is to be mapped. The tool will use |
| * this information to implement the <code>SQLData.readSQL</code> and |
| * <code>SQLData.writeSQL</code> methods. The <code>readSQL</code> method |
| * calls the appropriate <code>SQLInput</code> methods to read |
| * each attribute from an <code>SQLInput</code> object, and the |
| * <code>writeSQL</code> method calls <code>SQLOutput</code> methods |
| * to write each attribute back to the data source via an |
| * <code>SQLOutput</code> object. |
| * <P> |
| * An application programmer will not normally call <code>SQLData</code> methods |
| * directly, and the <code>SQLInput</code> and <code>SQLOutput</code> methods |
| * are called internally by <code>SQLData</code> methods, not by application code. |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| public interface SQLData { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the fully-qualified |
| * name of the SQL user-defined type that this object represents. |
| * This method is called by the JDBC driver to get the name of the |
| * UDT instance that is being mapped to this instance of |
| * <code>SQLData</code>. |
| * |
| * @return the type name that was passed to the method <code>readSQL</code> |
| * when this object was constructed and populated |
| * @exception SQLException if there is a database access error |
| * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support |
| * this method |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Populates this object with data read from the database. |
| * The implementation of the method must follow this protocol: |
| * <UL> |
| * <LI>It must read each of the attributes or elements of the SQL |
| * type from the given input stream. This is done |
| * by calling a method of the input stream to read each |
| * item, in the order that they appear in the SQL definition |
| * of the type. |
| * <LI>The method <code>readSQL</code> then |
| * assigns the data to appropriate fields or |
| * elements (of this or other objects). |
| * Specifically, it must call the appropriate <i>reader</i> method |
| * (<code>SQLInput.readString</code>, <code>SQLInput.readBigDecimal</code>, |
| * and so on) method(s) to do the following: |
| * for a distinct type, read its single data element; |
| * for a structured type, read a value for each attribute of the SQL type. |
| * </UL> |
| * The JDBC driver initializes the input stream with a type map |
| * before calling this method, which is used by the appropriate |
| * <code>SQLInput</code> reader method on the stream. |
| * |
| * @param stream the <code>SQLInput</code> object from which to read the data for |
| * the value that is being custom mapped |
| * @param typeName the SQL type name of the value on the data stream |
| * @exception SQLException if there is a database access error |
| * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support |
| * this method |
| * @see SQLInput |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| void readSQL (SQLInput stream, String typeName) throws SQLException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Writes this object to the given SQL data stream, converting it back to |
| * its SQL value in the data source. |
| * The implementation of the method must follow this protocol:<BR> |
| * It must write each of the attributes of the SQL type |
| * to the given output stream. This is done by calling a |
| * method of the output stream to write each item, in the order that |
| * they appear in the SQL definition of the type. |
| * Specifically, it must call the appropriate <code>SQLOutput</code> writer |
| * method(s) (<code>writeInt</code>, <code>writeString</code>, and so on) |
| * to do the following: for a Distinct Type, write its single data element; |
| * for a Structured Type, write a value for each attribute of the SQL type. |
| * |
| * @param stream the <code>SQLOutput</code> object to which to write the data for |
| * the value that was custom mapped |
| * @exception SQLException if there is a database access error |
| * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support |
| * this method |
| * @see SQLOutput |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| void writeSQL (SQLOutput stream) throws SQLException; |
| } |