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package org.springframework.jdbc.core;

import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 * An interface used by {@link JdbcTemplate} for mapping rows of a
 * {@link java.sql.ResultSet} on a per-row basis. Implementations of this
 * interface perform the actual work of mapping each row to a result object,
 * but don't need to worry about exception handling.
 * {@link java.sql.SQLException SQLExceptions} will be caught and handled
 * by the calling JdbcTemplate.
 *
 * <p>Typically used either for {@link JdbcTemplate}'s query methods
 * or for out parameters of stored procedures. RowMapper objects are
 * typically stateless and thus reusable; they are an ideal choice for
 * implementing row-mapping logic in a single place.
 *
 * <p>Alternatively, consider subclassing
 * {@link org.springframework.jdbc.object.MappingSqlQuery} from the
 * <code>jdbc.object</code> package: Instead of working with separate
 * JdbcTemplate and RowMapper objects, you can build executable query
 * objects (containing row-mapping logic) in that style.
 *
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @see JdbcTemplate
 * @see RowCallbackHandler
 * @see ResultSetExtractor
 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.object.MappingSqlQuery
 */
public interface RowMapper {

	/** 
	 * Implementations must implement this method to map each row of data
	 * in the ResultSet. This method should not call <code>next()</code> on
	 * the ResultSet; it is only supposed to map values of the current row.
	 * @param rs the ResultSet to map (pre-initialized for the current row)
	 * @param rowNum the number of the current row
	 * @return the result object for the current row
	 * @throws SQLException if a SQLException is encountered getting
	 * column values (that is, there's no need to catch SQLException)
	 */
	Object mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException; 

}