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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.type.descriptor;
import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.LobCreator;
import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.SqlTypeDescriptor;
/**
* Gives binding (nullSafeSet) and extracting (nullSafeGet) code access to options.
*
* @todo Definitely could use a better name
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface WrapperOptions {
/**
* Should streams be used for binding LOB values.
*
* @return {@code true}/{@code false}
*/
public boolean useStreamForLobBinding();
/**
* Obtain access to the {@link LobCreator}
*
* @return The LOB creator
*/
public LobCreator getLobCreator();
/**
* Allow remapping of descriptors for dealing with sql type.
*
* @param sqlTypeDescriptor The known descriptor
*
* @return The remapped descriptor. May be the same as the known descriptor indicating no remapping.
*/
public SqlTypeDescriptor remapSqlTypeDescriptor(SqlTypeDescriptor sqlTypeDescriptor);
}