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package org.springframework.jdbc.support;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
/**
* A callback interface used by the JdbcUtils class. Implementations of this
* interface perform the actual work of extracting database meta data, but
* don't need to worry about exception handling. SQLExceptions will be caught
* and handled correctly by the JdbcUtils class.
*
* @author Thomas Risberg
* @see JdbcUtils#extractDatabaseMetaData
*/
public interface DatabaseMetaDataCallback {
/**
* Implementations must implement this method to process the meta data
* passed in. Exactly what the implementation chooses to do is up to it.
* @param dbmd the DatabaseMetaData to process
* @return a result object extracted from the meta data
* (can be an arbitrary object, as needed by the implementation)
* @throws SQLException if a SQLException is encountered getting
* column values (that is, there's no need to catch SQLException)
* @throws MetaDataAccessException in case of other failures while
* extracting meta data (for example, reflection failure)
*/
Object processMetaData(DatabaseMetaData dbmd) throws SQLException, MetaDataAccessException;
}