JdbcDriverInfo.java

/* 
 *
 * SchemaCrawler
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemacrawler
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2011, Sualeh Fatehi.
 *
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 */

package schemacrawler.schema;


import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * JDBC driver information.
 * 
 * @author Sualeh Fatehi
 */
public interface JdbcDriverInfo
  extends Serializable
{

  /**
   * Gets the database connection URL.
   * 
   * @return Database connection URL
   */
  String getConnectionUrl();

  /**
   * Gets the class name of the JDBC driver.
   * 
   * @return Class name of the JDBC driver
   */
  String getDriverClassName();

  /**
   * Gets the name of the JDBC driver.
   * 
   * @return Driver name
   */
  String getDriverName();

  /**
   * Gets all the JDBC driver properties, and their values.
   * 
   * @return JDBC driver properties
   */
  JdbcDriverProperty[] getDriverProperties();

  /**
   * Gets the JDBC driver version.
   * 
   * @return Driver version.
   */
  String getDriverVersion();

  /**
   * Reports whether this JDBC driver is a genuine JDBC
   * Compliant<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> driver.
   * <P>
   * JDBC compliance requires full support for the JDBC API and full
   * support for SQL 92 Entry Level.
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if this driver is JDBC Compliant;
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  boolean isJdbcCompliant();

}