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26package java.sql;
27
28/**
29 * The mapping in the Java programming language for the SQL type
30 * <code>ARRAY</code>.
31 * By default, an <code>Array</code> value is a transaction-duration
32 * reference to an SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value.  By default, an <code>Array</code>
33 * object is implemented using an SQL LOCATOR(array) internally, which
34 * means that an <code>Array</code> object contains a logical pointer
35 * to the data in the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value rather
36 * than containing the <code>ARRAY</code> value's data.
37 * <p>
38 * The <code>Array</code> interface provides methods for bringing an SQL
39 * <code>ARRAY</code> value's data to the client as either an array or a
40 * <code>ResultSet</code> object.
41 * If the elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
42 * are a UDT, they may be custom mapped.  To create a custom mapping,
43 * a programmer must do two things:
44 * <ul>
45 * <li>create a class that implements the {@link SQLData}
46 * interface for the UDT to be custom mapped.
47 * <li>make an entry in a type map that contains
48 *   <ul>
49 *   <li>the fully-qualified SQL type name of the UDT
50 *   <li>the <code>Class</code> object for the class implementing
51 *       <code>SQLData</code>
52 *   </ul>
53 * </ul>
54 * <p>
55 * When a type map with an entry for
56 * the base type is supplied to the methods <code>getArray</code>
57 * and <code>getResultSet</code>, the mapping
58 * it contains will be used to map the elements of the <code>ARRAY</code> value.
59 * If no type map is supplied, which would typically be the case,
60 * the connection's type map is used by default.
61 * If the connection's type map or a type map supplied to a method has no entry
62 * for the base type, the elements are mapped according to the standard mapping.
63 * <p>
64 * All methods on the <code>Array</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
65 * JDBC driver supports the data type.
66 *
67 * @since 1.2
68 */
69
70public interface Array {
71
72  /**
73   * Retrieves the SQL type name of the elements in
74   * the array designated by this <code>Array</code> object.
75   * If the elements are a built-in type, it returns
76   * the database-specific type name of the elements.
77   * If the elements are a user-defined type (UDT),
78   * this method returns the fully-qualified SQL type name.
79   *
80   * @return a <code>String</code> that is the database-specific
81   * name for a built-in base type; or the fully-qualified SQL type
82   * name for a base type that is a UDT
83   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting
84   * to access the type name
85   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
86   * this method
87   * @since 1.2
88   */
89  String getBaseTypeName() throws SQLException;
90
91  /**
92   * Retrieves the JDBC type of the elements in the array designated
93   * by this <code>Array</code> object.
94   *
95   * @return a constant from the class {@link java.sql.Types} that is
96   * the type code for the elements in the array designated by this
97   * <code>Array</code> object
98   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting
99   * to access the base type
100   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
101   * this method
102   * @since 1.2
103   */
104  int getBaseType() throws SQLException;
105
106  /**
107   * Retrieves the contents of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated
108   * by this
109   * <code>Array</code> object in the form of an array in the Java
110   * programming language. This version of the method <code>getArray</code>
111   * uses the type map associated with the connection for customizations of
112   * the type mappings.
113   * <p>
114   * <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
115   * a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
116   * implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
117   * that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
118   *
119   * @return an array in the Java programming language that contains
120   * the ordered elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value
121   * designated by this <code>Array</code> object
122   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
123   * access the array
124   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
125   * this method
126   * @since 1.2
127   */
128  Object getArray() throws SQLException;
129
130  /**
131   * Retrieves the contents of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this
132   * <code>Array</code> object.
133   * This method uses
134   * the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
135   * unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
136   * type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
137   * uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
138   * <code>getArray</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
139   * it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
140   * <p>
141   * <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
142   * a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
143   * implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
144   * that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
145   *
146   * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object that contains mappings
147   *            of SQL type names to classes in the Java programming language
148   * @return an array in the Java programming language that contains the ordered
149   *         elements of the SQL array designated by this object
150   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
151   *                         access the array
152   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
153   * this method
154   * @since 1.2
155   */
156  Object getArray(java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map) throws SQLException;
157
158  /**
159   * Retrieves a slice of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
160   * value designated by this <code>Array</code> object, beginning with the
161   * specified <code>index</code> and containing up to <code>count</code>
162   * successive elements of the SQL array.  This method uses the type map
163   * associated with the connection for customizations of the type mappings.
164   * <p>
165   * <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
166   * a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
167   * implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
168   * that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
169   *
170   * @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
171   *              the first element is at index 1
172   * @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
173   * @return an array containing up to <code>count</code> consecutive elements
174   * of the SQL array, beginning with element <code>index</code>
175   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
176   * access the array
177   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
178   * this method
179   * @since 1.2
180   */
181  Object getArray(long index, int count) throws SQLException;
182
183  /**
184   * Retrieves a slice of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value
185   * designated by this <code>Array</code> object, beginning with the specified
186   * <code>index</code> and containing up to <code>count</code>
187   * successive elements of the SQL array.
188   * <P>
189   * This method uses
190   * the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
191   * unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
192   * type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
193   * uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
194   * <code>getArray</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
195   * it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
196   * <p>
197   * <strong>Note:</strong> When <code>getArray</code> is used to materialize
198   * a base type that maps to a primitive data type, then it is
199   * implementation-defined whether the array returned is an array of
200   * that primitive data type or an array of <code>Object</code>.
201   *
202   * @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
203   *              the first element is at index 1
204   * @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to
205   * retrieve
206   * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object
207   * that contains SQL type names and the classes in
208   * the Java programming language to which they are mapped
209   * @return an array containing up to <code>count</code>
210   * consecutive elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this
211   * <code>Array</code> object, beginning with element
212   * <code>index</code>
213   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
214   * access the array
215   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
216   * this method
217   * @since 1.2
218   */
219  Object getArray(long index, int count, java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
220    throws SQLException;
221
222  /**
223   * Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL
224   * <code>ARRAY</code> value
225   * designated by this <code>Array</code> object.  If appropriate,
226   * the elements of the array are mapped using the connection's type
227   * map; otherwise, the standard mapping is used.
228   * <p>
229   * The result set contains one row for each array element, with
230   * two columns in each row.  The second column stores the element
231   * value; the first column stores the index into the array for
232   * that element (with the first array element being at index 1).
233   * The rows are in ascending order corresponding to
234   * the order of the indices.
235   *
236   * @return a {@link ResultSet} object containing one row for each
237   * of the elements in the array designated by this <code>Array</code>
238   * object, with the rows in ascending order based on the indices.
239   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
240   * access the array
241   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
242   * this method
243   * @since 1.2
244   */
245  ResultSet getResultSet () throws SQLException;
246
247  /**
248   * Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL
249   * <code>ARRAY</code> value designated by this <code>Array</code> object.
250   * This method uses
251   * the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
252   * unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
253   * type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
254   * uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
255   * <code>getResultSet</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
256   * it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
257   * <p>
258   * The result set contains one row for each array element, with
259   * two columns in each row.  The second column stores the element
260   * value; the first column stores the index into the array for
261   * that element (with the first array element being at index 1).
262   * The rows are in ascending order corresponding to
263   * the order of the indices.
264   *
265   * @param map contains the mapping of SQL user-defined types to
266   * classes in the Java programming language
267   * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing one row for each
268   * of the elements in the array designated by this <code>Array</code>
269   * object, with the rows in ascending order based on the indices.
270   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
271   * access the array
272   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
273   * this method
274   * @since 1.2
275   */
276  ResultSet getResultSet (java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map) throws SQLException;
277
278  /**
279   * Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that
280   * starts at index <code>index</code> and contains up to
281   * <code>count</code> successive elements.  This method uses
282   * the connection's type map to map the elements of the array if
283   * the map contains an entry for the base type. Otherwise, the
284   * standard mapping is used.
285   * <P>
286   * The result set has one row for each element of the SQL array
287   * designated by this object, with the first row containing the
288   * element at index <code>index</code>.  The result set has
289   * up to <code>count</code> rows in ascending order based on the
290   * indices.  Each row has two columns:  The second column stores
291   * the element value; the first column stores the index into the
292   * array for that element.
293   *
294   * @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
295   *              the first element is at index 1
296   * @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
297   * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing up to
298   * <code>count</code> consecutive elements of the SQL array
299   * designated by this <code>Array</code> object, starting at
300   * index <code>index</code>.
301   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
302   * access the array
303   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
304   * this method
305   * @since 1.2
306   */
307  ResultSet getResultSet(long index, int count) throws SQLException;
308
309  /**
310   * Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that
311   * starts at index <code>index</code> and contains up to
312   * <code>count</code> successive elements.
313   * This method uses
314   * the specified <code>map</code> for type map customizations
315   * unless the base type of the array does not match a user-defined
316   * type in <code>map</code>, in which case it
317   * uses the standard mapping. This version of the method
318   * <code>getResultSet</code> uses either the given type map or the standard mapping;
319   * it never uses the type map associated with the connection.
320   * <P>
321   * The result set has one row for each element of the SQL array
322   * designated by this object, with the first row containing the
323   * element at index <code>index</code>.  The result set has
324   * up to <code>count</code> rows in ascending order based on the
325   * indices.  Each row has two columns:  The second column stores
326   * the element value; the first column stores the index into the
327   * array for that element.
328   *
329   * @param index the array index of the first element to retrieve;
330   *              the first element is at index 1
331   * @param count the number of successive SQL array elements to retrieve
332   * @param map the <code>Map</code> object that contains the mapping
333   * of SQL type names to classes in the Java(tm) programming language
334   * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing up to
335   * <code>count</code> consecutive elements of the SQL array
336   * designated by this <code>Array</code> object, starting at
337   * index <code>index</code>.
338   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs while attempting to
339   * access the array
340   * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
341   * this method
342   * @since 1.2
343   */
344  ResultSet getResultSet (long index, int count,
345                          java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
346    throws SQLException;
347    /**
348     * This method frees the <code>Array</code> object and releases the resources that
349     * it holds. The object is invalid once the <code>free</code>
350     * method is called.
351     * <p>
352     * After <code>free</code> has been called, any attempt to invoke a
353     * method other than <code>free</code> will result in a <code>SQLException</code>
354     * being thrown.  If <code>free</code> is called multiple times, the subsequent
355     * calls to <code>free</code> are treated as a no-op.
356     *
357     * @throws SQLException if an error occurs releasing
358     * the Array's resources
359     * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
360     * this method
361     * @since 1.6
362     */
363    void free() throws SQLException;
364
365}
366