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package org.jooq;


/**
 * A context object for {@link Record} manipulation passed to registered
 * {@link RecordListener}'s.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface RecordContext extends Scope {

    /**
     * The type of database interaction that is being executed.
     * <p>
     * Unlike {@link ExecuteContext#type()}, this can only result in any of
     * these:
     * <ul>
     * <li>{@link ExecuteType#BATCH} when calling
     * {@link DSLContext#batchStore(UpdatableRecord...) batchStore()},
     * {@link DSLContext#batchInsert(TableRecord...) batchInsert()},
     * {@link DSLContext#batchUpdate(UpdatableRecord...) batchUpdate()},
     * {@link DSLContext#batchDelete(UpdatableRecord...) batchDelete()}.</li>
     * <li>{@link ExecuteType#READ} when calling
     * {@link UpdatableRecord#refresh() refresh()}</li>
     * <li>{@link ExecuteType#WRITE} when calling
     * {@link UpdatableRecord#store() store()}, {@link UpdatableRecord#insert()
     * insert()}, {@link UpdatableRecord#update() update()},
     * {@link UpdatableRecord#delete() delete()}.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @see ExecuteType
     */
    ExecuteType type();

    /**
     * The <code>Record</code> that is being manipulated.
     *
     * @return The <code>Record</code> being manipulated. This is never
     *         <code>null</code>
     */
    Record record();

    /**
     * The <code>RecordType</code> of the {@link #record()} that is being
     * manipulated.
     *
     * @return The <code>RecordType</code> being manipulated. This is never
     *         <code>null</code>.
     */
    RecordType<?> recordType();

    /**
     * The <code>Record</code>(s) that are being manipulated in batch mode.
     * <p>
     * If a single <code>Record</code> is being manipulated in non-batch mode,
     * this will return an array of length <code>1</code>, containing that
     * <code>Record</code>.
     *
     * @return The <code>Record</code>(s) being manipulated. This is never
     *         <code>null</code>
     */
    Record[] batchRecords();

    /**
     * The {@link Exception} being thrown or <code>null</code>.
     */
    Exception exception();

}