gcc/libjava/classpath/java/sql/ResultSetMetaData.java
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/* ResultSetMetaData.java -- Returns information about the ResultSet
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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package java.sql;
/**
* This interface provides a mechanism for obtaining information about
* the columns that are present in a <code>ResultSet</code>.
*
* <p> Note that in this class column indices start at 1, not 0.</p>
*
* @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
*/
public interface ResultSetMetaData
{
/**
* The column does not allow NULL's.
*/
int columnNoNulls = 0;
/**
* The column allows NULL's.
*/
int columnNullable = 1;
/**
* It is unknown whether or not the column allows NULL's.
*/
int columnNullableUnknown = 2;
/**
* This method returns the number of columns in the result set.
*
* @return The number of columns in the result set.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
int getColumnCount() throws SQLException;
/**
* This method test whether or not the column is an auto-increment column.
* Auto-increment columns are read-only.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column is auto-increment, <code>false</code>
* otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isAutoIncrement(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not a column is case sensitive in its values.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column value is case sensitive,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isCaseSensitive(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether not the specified column can be used in
* a WHERE clause.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column may be used in a WHERE clause,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isSearchable(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not the column stores a monetary value.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column contains a monetary value,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isCurrency(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns a value indicating whether or not the specified
* column may contain a NULL value.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return A constant indicating whether or not the column can contain NULL,
* which will be one of <code>columnNoNulls</code>,
* <code>columnNullable</code>, or <code>columnNullableUnknown</code>.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
int isNullable(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not the value of the specified column
* is signed or unsigned.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to test.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column value is signed, <code>false</code>
* otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isSigned(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the maximum number of characters that can be used
* to display a value in this column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check.
* @return The maximum number of characters that can be used to display a
* value for this column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
int getColumnDisplaySize(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns a string that should be used as a caption for this
* column for user display purposes.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check.
* @return A display string for the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getColumnLabel(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the specified column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to return the name of.
* @return The name of the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getColumnName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the schema that contains the specified
* column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the schema name for.
* @return The name of the schema that contains the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getSchemaName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the precision of the specified column, which is the
* number of decimal digits it contains.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the precision on.
* @return The precision of the specified column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
int getPrecision(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the scale of the specified column, which is the
* number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
*
* @param columnIndex The index column to check the scale of.
* @return The scale of the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
int getScale(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the table containing the specified
* column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the table name for.
* @return The name of the table containing the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getTableName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the catalog containing the specified
* column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the catalog name for.
* @return The name of the catalog containing the column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getCatalogName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the SQL type of the specified column. This will
* be one of the constants from <code>Types</code>.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the SQL type of.
* @return The SQL type for this column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
* @see Types
*/
int getColumnType(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the SQL type for this column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check the SQL type name for.
* @return The name of the SQL type for this column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getColumnTypeName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not the specified column is read only.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column is read only, <code>false</code>
* otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isReadOnly(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not the column may be writable. This
* does not guarantee that a write will be successful.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check for writability.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column may be writable,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isWritable(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method tests whether or not the column is writable. This
* does guarantee that a write will be successful.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check for writability.
* @return <code>true</code> if the column is writable,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
/**
* This method returns the name of the Java class which will be used to
* create objects representing the data in this column.
*
* @param columnIndex The index of the column to check.
* @return The name of the Java class that will be used for values in
* this column.
* @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
*/
String getColumnClassName(int columnIndex) throws SQLException;
}