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package java.sql;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* This interface provides methods for writing Java types to a SQL stream.
* It is used for implemented custom type mappings for user defined data
* types.
*
* @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
*/
public interface SQLOutput
{
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>String</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeString(String value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>boolean</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeBoolean(boolean value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>byte</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeByte(byte value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>short</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeShort(short value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>int</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeInt(int value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>long</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeLong(long value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>float</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeFloat(float value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>double</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeDouble(double value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>BigDecimal</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeBigDecimal(BigDecimal value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>byte</code> array
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeBytes(byte[] value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>java.sql.Date</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeDate(Date value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>java.sql.Time</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeTime(Time value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>java.sql.Timestamp</code>
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeTimestamp(Timestamp value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java character stream
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param stream The stream that holds the character data to write.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeCharacterStream(Reader stream) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified ASCII text stream
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param stream The stream that holds the ASCII data to write.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeAsciiStream(InputStream stream) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified uninterpreted binary byte stream
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param stream The stream that holds the binary data to write.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeBinaryStream(InputStream stream) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java <code>SQLData</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeObject(SQLData value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java SQL <code>Ref</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The <code>Ref</code> object to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @see Ref
*/
void writeRef(Ref value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java SQL <code>Blob</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The <code>Blob</code> object to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @see Blob
*/
void writeBlob(Blob value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java SQL <code>Clob</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The <code>Clob</code> object to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @see Clob
*/
void writeClob(Clob value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java SQL <code>Struct</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The <code>Struct</code> object to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @see Struct
*/
void writeStruct(Struct value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified Java SQL <code>Array</code> object
* to the SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
void writeArray(Array value) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method writes the specified <code>java.net.URL</code> object to the
* SQL stream.
*
* @param value The value to write to the stream.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @since 1.4
*/
void writeURL(URL value) throws SQLException;
}