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package java.sql;
/**
* <p>The standard mapping in the Java programming language for an SQL
* structured type. A <code>Struct</code> object contains a
* value for each attribute of the SQL structured type that
* it represents.
* By default, an instance of<code>Struct</code> is valid as long as the
* application has a reference to it.
* <p>
* All methods on the <code>Struct</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
* JDBC driver supports the data type.
* @since 1.2
*/
public interface Struct {
/**
* Retrieves the SQL type name of the SQL structured type
* that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
*
* @return the fully-qualified type name of the SQL structured
* type for which this <code>Struct</code> object
* is the generic representation
* @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException;
/**
* Produces the ordered values of the attributes of the SQL
* structured type that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
* As individual attributes are processed, this method uses the type map
* associated with the
* connection for customizations of the type mappings.
* If there is no
* entry in the connection's type map that matches the structured
* type that an attribute represents,
* the driver uses the standard mapping.
* <p>
* Conceptually, this method calls the method
* <code>getObject</code> on each attribute
* of the structured type and returns a Java array containing
* the result.
*
* @return an array containing the ordered attribute values
* @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object[] getAttributes() throws SQLException;
/**
* Produces the ordered values of the attributes of the SQL
* structured type that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
* As individual attrbutes are proccessed, this method uses the given type map
* for customizations of the type mappings.
* If there is no
* entry in the given type map that matches the structured
* type that an attribute represents,
* the driver uses the standard mapping. This method never
* uses the type map associated with the connection.
* <p>
* Conceptually, this method calls the method
* <code>getObject</code> on each attribute
* of the structured type and returns a Java array containing
* the result.
*
* @param map a mapping of SQL type names to Java classes
* @return an array containing the ordered attribute values
* @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object[] getAttributes(java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
throws SQLException;
}