libjava/java/sql/ResultSetMetaData.java

   1 /* ResultSetMetaData.java -- Returns information about the ResultSet
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  37
  38
  39 package java.sql;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * This interface provides a mechanism for obtaining information about
  43  * the columns that are present in a <code>ResultSet</code>.
  44  * <p>
  45  * Note that in this class column indexes start at 1, not 0.
  46  *
  47  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  48  */
  49 public interface ResultSetMetaData
  50 {
  51   /**
  52    * The column does not allow NULL's.
  53    */
  54   public static final int columnNoNulls = 0;
  55
  56   /**
  57    * The column allows NULL's.
  58    */
  59   public static final int columnNullable = 1;
  60
  61   /**
  62    * It is unknown whether or not the column allows NULL's.
  63    */
  64   public static final int columnNullableUnknown = 2;
  65
  66   /**
  67    * This method returns the number of columns in the result set.
  68    *
  69    * @return The number of columns in the result set.
  70    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
  71    */
  72   public int getColumnCount() throws SQLException;
  73
  74   /**
  75    * This method test whether or not the column is an auto-increment column.
  76    * Auto-increment columns are read-only.
  77    *
  78    * @param index The index of the column to test.
  79    * @return <code>true</code> if the column is auto-increment, <code>false</code>
  80    *         otherwise.
  81    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
  82    */
  83   public boolean isAutoIncrement(int column) throws SQLException;
  84
  85   /**
  86    * This method tests whether or not a column is case sensitive in its values.
  87    *
  88    * @param index The index of the column to test.
  89    * @return <code>true</code> if the column value is case sensitive,
  90    *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
  91    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
  92    */
  93   public boolean isCaseSensitive(int column) throws SQLException;
  94
  95   /**
  96    * This method tests whether not the specified column can be used in
  97    * a WHERE clause.
  98    *
  99    * @param index The index of the column to test.
 100    * @return <code>true</code> if the column may be used in a WHERE clause,
 101    *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 102    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 103    */
 104   public boolean isSearchable(int column) throws SQLException;
 105
 106   /**
 107    * This method tests whether or not the column stores a monetary value.
 108    *
 109    * @param index The index of the column to test.
 110    * @return <code>true</code> if the column contains a monetary value,
 111    *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 112    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 113    */
 114   public boolean isCurrency(int column) throws SQLException;
 115
 116   /**
 117    * This method returns a value indicating whether or not the specified
 118    * column may contain a NULL value.
 119    *
 120    * @param index The index of the column to test.
 121    * @return A constant indicating whether or not the column can contain NULL,
 122    *         which will be one of <code>columnNoNulls</code>,
 123    *         <code>columnNullable</code>, or <code>columnNullableUnknown</code>.
 124    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 125    */
 126   public int isNullable(int column) throws SQLException;
 127
 128   /**
 129    * This method tests whether or not the value of the specified column
 130    * is signed or unsigned.
 131    *
 132    * @param index The index of the column to test.
 133    * @return <code>true</code> if the column value is signed, <code>false</code>
 134    *         otherwise.
 135    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 136    */
 137   public boolean isSigned(int column) throws SQLException;
 138
 139   /**
 140    * This method returns the maximum number of characters that can be used
 141    * to display a value in this column.
 142    *
 143    * @param index The index of the column to check.
 144    * @return The maximum number of characters that can be used to display a
 145    *         value for this column.
 146    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 147    */
 148   public int getColumnDisplaySize(int column) throws SQLException;
 149
 150   /**
 151    * This method returns a string that should be used as a caption for this
 152    * column for user display purposes.
 153    *
 154    * @param index The index of the column to check.
 155    * @return A display string for the column.
 156    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 157    */
 158   public String getColumnLabel(int column) throws SQLException;
 159
 160   /**
 161    * This method returns the name of the specified column.
 162    *
 163    * @param index The index of the column to return the name of.
 164    * @return The name of the column.
 165    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 166    */
 167   public String getColumnName(int column) throws SQLException;
 168
 169   /**
 170    * This method returns the name of the schema that contains the specified
 171    * column.
 172    *
 173    * @param index The index of the column to check the schema name for.
 174    * @return The name of the schema that contains the column.
 175    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 176    */
 177   public String getSchemaName(int column) throws SQLException;
 178
 179   /**
 180    * This method returns the precision of the specified column, which is the
 181    * number of decimal digits it contains.
 182    *
 183    * @param index The index of the column to check the precision on.
 184    * @return The precision of the specified column.
 185    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 186    */
 187   public int getPrecision(int column) throws SQLException;
 188
 189   /**
 190    * This method returns the scale of the specified column, which is the
 191    * number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
 192    *
 193    * @param index The index column to check the scale of.
 194    * @return The scale of the column.
 195    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 196    */
 197   public int getScale(int column) throws SQLException;
 198
 199   /**
 200    * This method returns the name of the table containing the specified
 201    * column.
 202    *
 203    * @param index The index of the column to check the table name for.
 204    * @return The name of the table containing the column.
 205    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 206    */
 207   public String getTableName(int column) throws SQLException;
 208
 209   /**
 210    * This method returns the name of the catalog containing the specified
 211    * column.
 212    *
 213    * @param index The index of the column to check the catalog name for.
 214    * @return The name of the catalog containing the column.
 215    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 216    */
 217   public String getCatalogName(int column) throws SQLException;
 218
 219   /**
 220    * This method returns the SQL type of the specified column.  This will
 221    * be one of the constants from <code>Types</code>.
 222    *
 223    * @param index The index of the column to check the SQL type of.
 224    * @return The SQL type for this column.
 225    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 226    * @see Types
 227    */
 228   public int getColumnType(int column) throws SQLException;
 229
 230   /**
 231    * This method returns the name of the SQL type for this column.
 232    *
 233    * @param index The index of the column to check the SQL type name for.
 234    * @return The name of the SQL type for this column.
 235    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 236    */
 237   public String getColumnTypeName(int column) throws SQLException;
 238
 239   /**
 240    * This method tests whether or not the specified column is read only.
 241    *
 242    * @param index The index of the column to check.
 243    * @return <code>true</code> if the column is read only, <code>false</code>
 244    *         otherwise.
 245    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 246    */
 247   public boolean isReadOnly(int column) throws SQLException;
 248
 249   /**
 250    * This method tests whether or not the column may be writable.  This
 251    * does not guarantee that a write will be successful.
 252    *
 253    * @param index The index of the column to check for writability.
 254    * @return <code>true</code> if the column may be writable,
 255    *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 256    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 257    */
 258   public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException;
 259
 260   /**
 261    * This method tests whether or not the column is writable.  This
 262    * does guarantee that a write will be successful.
 263    *
 264    * @param index The index of the column to check for writability.
 265    * @return <code>true</code> if the column is writable,
 266    *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 267    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 268    */
 269   public boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException;
 270
 271   /**
 272    * This method returns the name of the Java class which will be used to
 273    * create objects representing the data in this column.
 274    *
 275    * @param index The index of the column to check.
 276    * @return The name of the Java class that will be used for values in
 277    *         this column.
 278    * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 279    */
 280   public String getColumnClassName(int column) throws SQLException;
 281 }