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package java.sql;
/**
* The mapping in the Java programming language for the SQL type
* <code>ARRAY</code>.
* By default, an <code>Array</code> value is a transaction-duration
* reference to an SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value. By default, an <code>Array</code>
* object is implemented using an SQL LOCATOR(array) internally, which
* means that an <code>Array</code> object contains a logical pointer
* to the data in the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value rather
* than containing the <code>ARRAY</code> value's data.
* <p>
* The <code>Array</code> interface provides methods for bringing an SQL
* <code>ARRAY</code> value's data to the client as either an array or a
* <code>ResultSet</code> object.
* If the elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
* are a UDT, they may be custom mapped. To create a custom mapping,
* a programmer must do two things:
* <ul>
* <li>create a class that implements the {@link SQLData}
* interface for the UDT to be custom mapped.
* <li>make an entry in a type map that contains
* <ul>
* <li>the fully-qualified SQL type name of the UDT
* <li>the <code>Class</code> object for the class implementing
* <code>SQLData</code>
* </ul>
* </ul>
* <p>
* When a type map with an entry for
* the base type is supplied to the methods <code>getArray</code>
* and <code>getResultSet</code>, the mapping
* it contains will be used to map the elements of the <code>ARRAY</code> value.
* If no type map is supplied, which would typically be the case,
* the connection's type map is used by default.
* If the connection's type map or a type map supplied to a method has no entry
* for the base type, the elements are mapped according to the standard mapping.
* <p>
* All methods on the <code>Array</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
* JDBC driver supports the data type.
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public interface Array {
/**
* Retrieves the SQL type name of the elements in
* the array designated by this <code>Array</code> object.
* If the elements are a built-in type, it returns
* the database-specific type name of the elements.
* If the elements are a user-defined type (UDT),
* this method returns the fully-qualified SQL type name.
*
* @return a <code>String</code> that is the database-specific
* name for a built-in base type; or the fully-qualified SQL type
* name for a base type that is a UDT
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting
* to access the type name
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
String getBaseTypeName() throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves the JDBC type of the elements in the array designated
* by this <code>Array</code> object.
*
* @return a constant from the class {@link java.sql.Types} that is
* the type code for the elements in the array designated by this
* <code>Array</code> object
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting
* to access the base type
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
int getBaseType() throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves the contents of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated
* by this
* <code>Array</code> object in the form of an array in the Java
* programming language. This version of the method <code>getArray</code>
* uses the type map associated with the connection for customizations of
* the type mappings.
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
* a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
* implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
* that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
*
* @return an array in the Java programming language that contains
* the ordered elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value
* designated by this <code>Array</code> object
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object getArray() throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves the contents of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this
* <code>Array</code> object.
* This method uses
* the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
* unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
* type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
* uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
* <code>getArray</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
* it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
* a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
* implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
* that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
*
* @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object that contains mappings
* of SQL type names to classes in the Java programming language
* @return an array in the Java programming language that contains the ordered
* elements of the SQL array designated by this object
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object getArray(java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map) throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves a slice of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
* value designated by this <code>Array</code> object, beginning with the
* specified <code>index</code> and containing up to <code>count</code>
* successive elements of the SQL array. This method uses the type map
* associated with the connection for customizations of the type mappings.
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
* a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
* implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
* that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
*
* @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
* the first element is at index 1
* @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
* @return an array containing up to <code>count</code> consecutive elements
* of the SQL array, beginning with element <code>index</code>
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object getArray(long index, int count) throws SQLException;
/**
* Retreives a slice of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value
* designated by this <code>Array</code> object, beginning with the specified
* <code>index</code> and containing up to <code>count</code>
* successive elements of the SQL array.
* <P>
* This method uses
* the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
* unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
* type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
* uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
* <code>getArray</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
* it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
* a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
* implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
* that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
*
* @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
* the first element is at index 1
* @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to
* retrieve
* @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object
* that contains SQL type names and the classes in
* the Java programming language to which they are mapped
* @return an array containing up to <code>count</code>
* consecutive elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this
* <code>Array</code> object, beginning with element
* <code>index</code>
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
Object getArray(long index, int count, java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL
* <code>ARRAY</code> value
* designated by this <code>Array</code> object. If appropriate,
* the elements of the array are mapped using the connection's type
* map; otherwise, the standard mapping is used.
* <p>
* The result set contains one row for each array element, with
* two columns in each row. The second column stores the element
* value; the first column stores the index into the array for
* that element (with the first array element being at index 1).
* The rows are in ascending order corresponding to
* the order of the indices.
*
* @return a {@link ResultSet} object containing one row for each
* of the elements in the array designated by this <code>Array</code>
* object, with the rows in ascending order based on the indices.
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
ResultSet getResultSet () throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL
* <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this <code>Array</code> object.
* This method uses
* the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
* unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
* type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
* uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
* <code>getResultSet</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
* it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
* <p>
* The result set contains one row for each array element, with
* two columns in each row. The second column stores the element
* value; the first column stores the index into the array for
* that element (with the first array element being at index 1).
* The rows are in ascending order corresponding to
* the order of the indices.
*
* @param map contains the mapping of SQL user-defined types to
* classes in the Java programming language
* @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing one row for each
* of the elements in the array designated by this <code>Array</code>
* object, with the rows in ascending order based on the indices.
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
ResultSet getResultSet (java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map) throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that
* starts at index <code>index</code> and contains up to
* <code>count</code> successive elements. This method uses
* the connection's type map to map the elements of the array if
* the map contains an entry for the base type. Otherwise, the
* standard mapping is used.
* <P>
* The result set has one row for each element of the SQL array
* designated by this object, with the first row containing the
* element at index <code>index</code>. The result set has
* up to <code>count</code> rows in ascending order based on the
* indices. Each row has two columns: The second column stores
* the element value; the first column stores the index into the
* array for that element.
*
* @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
* the first element is at index 1
* @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
* @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing up to
* <code>count</code> consecutive elements of the SQL array
* designated by this <code>Array</code> object, starting at
* index <code>index</code>.
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
ResultSet getResultSet(long index, int count) throws SQLException;
/**
* Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that
* starts at index <code>index</code> and contains up to
* <code>count</code> successive elements.
* This method uses
* the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
* unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
* type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
* uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
* <code>getResultSet</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
* it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
* <P>
* The result set has one row for each element of the SQL array
* designated by this object, with the first row containing the
* element at index <code>index</code>. The result set has
* up to <code>count</code> rows in ascending order based on the
* indices. Each row has two columns: The second column stores
* the element value; the first column stroes the index into the
* array for that element.
*
* @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
* the first element is at index 1
* @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
* @param map the <code>Map</code> object that contains the mapping
* of SQL type names to classes in the Java(tm) programming language
* @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing up to
* <code>count</code> consecutive elements of the SQL array
* designated by this <code>Array</code> object, starting at
* index <code>index</code>.
* @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
* access the array
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.2
*/
ResultSet getResultSet (long index, int count,
java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
throws SQLException;
/**
* This method frees the <code>Array</code> object and releases the resources that
* it holds. The object is invalid once the <code>free</code>
* method is called.
*<p>
* After <code>free</code> has been called, any attempt to invoke a
* method other than <code>free</code> will result in a <code>SQLException</code>
* being thrown. If <code>free</code> is called multiple times, the subsequent
* calls to <code>free</code> are treated as a no-op.
*<p>
*
* @throws SQLException if an error occurs releasing
* the Array's resources
* @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
* this method
* @since 1.6
*/
void free() throws SQLException;
}