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package org.springframework.jdbc.support.xml;

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

/**
 * Abstraction for handling XML object mapping to fields in a database.
 *
 * <p>Provides accessor methods for XML fields unmarshalled to an Object,
 * and acts as factory for {@link SqlXmlValue} instances for marshalling
 * purposes.
 *
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @since 2.5.5
 * @see java.sql.ResultSet#getSQLXML
 * @see java.sql.SQLXML
 */
public interface SqlXmlObjectMappingHandler extends SqlXmlHandler {

	/**
	 * Retrieve the given column as an object marshalled from the XML data retrieved
	 * from the given ResultSet.
	 * <p>Works with an internal Object to XML Mapping implementation.
	 * @param rs the ResultSet to retrieve the content from
	 * @param columnName the column name to use
	 * @return the content as an Object, or <code>null</code> in case of SQL NULL
	 * @throws java.sql.SQLException if thrown by JDBC methods
	 * @see java.sql.ResultSet#getSQLXML
	 */
	Object getXmlAsObject(ResultSet rs, String columnName) throws SQLException;

	/**
	 * Retrieve the given column as an object marshalled from the XML data retrieved
	 * from the given ResultSet.
	 * <p>Works with an internal Object to XML Mapping implementation.
	 * @param rs the ResultSet to retrieve the content from
	 * @param columnIndex the column index to use
	 * @return the content as an Object, or <code>null</code> in case of SQL NULL
	 * @throws java.sql.SQLException if thrown by JDBC methods
	 * @see java.sql.ResultSet#getSQLXML
	 */
	Object getXmlAsObject(ResultSet rs, int columnIndex) throws SQLException;

	/**
	 * Get an instance of an <code>SqlXmlValue</code> implementation to be used together
	 * with the database specific implementation of this <code>SqlXmlObjectMappingHandler</code>.
	 * @param value the Object to be marshalled to XML
	 * @return the implementation specific instance
	 * @see SqlXmlValue
	 */
	SqlXmlValue newMarshallingSqlXmlValue(Object value);

}