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| 1 | +/* | |
| 2 | + * Copyright (c) 1996, 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | |
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| 4 | + * | |
| 5 | + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
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| 7 | + * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this | |
| 8 | + * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided | |
| 9 | + * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. | |
| 10 | + * | |
| 11 | + * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | |
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| 13 | + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License | |
| 14 | + * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that | |
| 15 | + * accompanied this code). | |
| 16 | + * | |
| 17 | + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version | |
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| 19 | + * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | |
| 20 | + * | |
| 21 | + * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA | |
| 22 | + * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any | |
| 23 | + * questions. | |
| 24 | + */ | |
| 25 | + | |
| 26 | +package java.sql; | |
| 27 | + | |
| 28 | +/** | |
| 29 | + * An object that can be used to get information about the types | |
| 30 | + * and properties of the columns in a <code>ResultSet</code> object. | |
| 31 | + * The following code fragment creates the <code>ResultSet</code> object rs, | |
| 32 | + * creates the <code>ResultSetMetaData</code> object rsmd, and uses rsmd | |
| 33 | + * to find out how many columns rs has and whether the first column in rs | |
| 34 | + * can be used in a <code>WHERE</code> clause. | |
| 35 | + * <PRE> | |
| 36 | + * | |
| 37 | + * ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT a, b, c FROM TABLE2"); | |
| 38 | + * ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rs.getMetaData(); | |
| 39 | + * int numberOfColumns = rsmd.getColumnCount(); | |
| 40 | + * boolean b = rsmd.isSearchable(1); | |
| 41 | + * | |
| 42 | + * </PRE> | |
| 43 | + */ | |
| 44 | + | |
| 45 | +public interface ResultSetMetaData extends Wrapper { | |
| 46 | + | |
| 47 | + /** | |
| 48 | + * Returns the number of columns in this <code>ResultSet</code> object. | |
| 49 | + * | |
| 50 | + * @return the number of columns | |
| 51 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 52 | + */ | |
| 53 | + int getColumnCount() throws SQLException; | |
| 54 | + | |
| 55 | + /** | |
| 56 | + * Indicates whether the designated column is automatically numbered. | |
| 57 | + * | |
| 58 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 59 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 60 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 61 | + */ | |
| 62 | + boolean isAutoIncrement(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 63 | + | |
| 64 | + /** | |
| 65 | + * Indicates whether a column's case matters. | |
| 66 | + * | |
| 67 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 68 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 69 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 70 | + */ | |
| 71 | + boolean isCaseSensitive(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 72 | + | |
| 73 | + /** | |
| 74 | + * Indicates whether the designated column can be used in a where clause. | |
| 75 | + * | |
| 76 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 77 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 78 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 79 | + */ | |
| 80 | + boolean isSearchable(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 81 | + | |
| 82 | + /** | |
| 83 | + * Indicates whether the designated column is a cash value. | |
| 84 | + * | |
| 85 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 86 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 87 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 88 | + */ | |
| 89 | + boolean isCurrency(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 90 | + | |
| 91 | + /** | |
| 92 | + * Indicates the nullability of values in the designated column. | |
| 93 | + * | |
| 94 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 95 | + * @return the nullability status of the given column; one of <code>columnNoNulls</code>, | |
| 96 | + * <code>columnNullable</code> or <code>columnNullableUnknown</code> | |
| 97 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 98 | + */ | |
| 99 | + int isNullable(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 100 | + | |
| 101 | + /** | |
| 102 | + * The constant indicating that a | |
| 103 | + * column does not allow <code>NULL</code> values. | |
| 104 | + */ | |
| 105 | + int columnNoNulls = 0; | |
| 106 | + | |
| 107 | + /** | |
| 108 | + * The constant indicating that a | |
| 109 | + * column allows <code>NULL</code> values. | |
| 110 | + */ | |
| 111 | + int columnNullable = 1; | |
| 112 | + | |
| 113 | + /** | |
| 114 | + * The constant indicating that the | |
| 115 | + * nullability of a column's values is unknown. | |
| 116 | + */ | |
| 117 | + int columnNullableUnknown = 2; | |
| 118 | + | |
| 119 | + /** | |
| 120 | + * Indicates whether values in the designated column are signed numbers. | |
| 121 | + * | |
| 122 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 123 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 124 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 125 | + */ | |
| 126 | + boolean isSigned(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 127 | + | |
| 128 | + /** | |
| 129 | + * Indicates the designated column's normal maximum width in characters. | |
| 130 | + * | |
| 131 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 132 | + * @return the normal maximum number of characters allowed as the width | |
| 133 | + * of the designated column | |
| 134 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 135 | + */ | |
| 136 | + int getColumnDisplaySize(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 137 | + | |
| 138 | + /** | |
| 139 | + * Gets the designated column's suggested title for use in printouts and | |
| 140 | + * displays. The suggested title is usually specified by the SQL <code>AS</code> | |
| 141 | + * clause. If a SQL <code>AS</code> is not specified, the value returned from | |
| 142 | + * <code>getColumnLabel</code> will be the same as the value returned by the | |
| 143 | + * <code>getColumnName</code> method. | |
| 144 | + * | |
| 145 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 146 | + * @return the suggested column title | |
| 147 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 148 | + */ | |
| 149 | + String getColumnLabel(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 150 | + | |
| 151 | + /** | |
| 152 | + * Get the designated column's name. | |
| 153 | + * | |
| 154 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 155 | + * @return column name | |
| 156 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 157 | + */ | |
| 158 | + String getColumnName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 159 | + | |
| 160 | + /** | |
| 161 | + * Get the designated column's table's schema. | |
| 162 | + * | |
| 163 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 164 | + * @return schema name or "" if not applicable | |
| 165 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 166 | + */ | |
| 167 | + String getSchemaName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 168 | + | |
| 169 | + /** | |
| 170 | + * Get the designated column's specified column size. | |
| 171 | + * For numeric data, this is the maximum precision. For character data, this is the length in characters. | |
| 172 | + * For datetime datatypes, this is the length in characters of the String representation (assuming the | |
| 173 | + * maximum allowed precision of the fractional seconds component). For binary data, this is the length in bytes. For the ROWID datatype, | |
| 174 | + * this is the length in bytes. 0 is returned for data types where the | |
| 175 | + * column size is not applicable. | |
| 176 | + * | |
| 177 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 178 | + * @return precision | |
| 179 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 180 | + */ | |
| 181 | + int getPrecision(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 182 | + | |
| 183 | + /** | |
| 184 | + * Gets the designated column's number of digits to right of the decimal point. | |
| 185 | + * 0 is returned for data types where the scale is not applicable. | |
| 186 | + * | |
| 187 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 188 | + * @return scale | |
| 189 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 190 | + */ | |
| 191 | + int getScale(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 192 | + | |
| 193 | + /** | |
| 194 | + * Gets the designated column's table name. | |
| 195 | + * | |
| 196 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 197 | + * @return table name or "" if not applicable | |
| 198 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 199 | + */ | |
| 200 | + String getTableName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 201 | + | |
| 202 | + /** | |
| 203 | + * Gets the designated column's table's catalog name. | |
| 204 | + * | |
| 205 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 206 | + * @return the name of the catalog for the table in which the given column | |
| 207 | + * appears or "" if not applicable | |
| 208 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 209 | + */ | |
| 210 | + String getCatalogName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 211 | + | |
| 212 | + /** | |
| 213 | + * Retrieves the designated column's SQL type. | |
| 214 | + * | |
| 215 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 216 | + * @return SQL type from java.sql.Types | |
| 217 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 218 | + * @see Types | |
| 219 | + */ | |
| 220 | + int getColumnType(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 221 | + | |
| 222 | + /** | |
| 223 | + * Retrieves the designated column's database-specific type name. | |
| 224 | + * | |
| 225 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 226 | + * @return type name used by the database. If the column type is | |
| 227 | + * a user-defined type, then a fully-qualified type name is returned. | |
| 228 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 229 | + */ | |
| 230 | + String getColumnTypeName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 231 | + | |
| 232 | + /** | |
| 233 | + * Indicates whether the designated column is definitely not writable. | |
| 234 | + * | |
| 235 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 236 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 237 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 238 | + */ | |
| 239 | + boolean isReadOnly(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 240 | + | |
| 241 | + /** | |
| 242 | + * Indicates whether it is possible for a write on the designated column to succeed. | |
| 243 | + * | |
| 244 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 245 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 246 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 247 | + */ | |
| 248 | + boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 249 | + | |
| 250 | + /** | |
| 251 | + * Indicates whether a write on the designated column will definitely succeed. | |
| 252 | + * | |
| 253 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 254 | + * @return <code>true</code> if so; <code>false</code> otherwise | |
| 255 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 256 | + */ | |
| 257 | + boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 258 | + | |
| 259 | + //--------------------------JDBC 2.0----------------------------------- | |
| 260 | + | |
| 261 | + /** | |
| 262 | + * <p>Returns the fully-qualified name of the Java class whose instances | |
| 263 | + * are manufactured if the method <code>ResultSet.getObject</code> | |
| 264 | + * is called to retrieve a value | |
| 265 | + * from the column. <code>ResultSet.getObject</code> may return a subclass of the | |
| 266 | + * class returned by this method. | |
| 267 | + * | |
| 268 | + * @param column the first column is 1, the second is 2, ... | |
| 269 | + * @return the fully-qualified name of the class in the Java programming | |
| 270 | + * language that would be used by the method | |
| 271 | + * <code>ResultSet.getObject</code> to retrieve the value in the specified | |
| 272 | + * column. This is the class name used for custom mapping. | |
| 273 | + * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs | |
| 274 | + * @since 1.2 | |
| 275 | + */ | |
| 276 | + String getColumnClassName(int column) throws SQLException; | |
| 277 | +} | |