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/* DatabaseMetaData.java -- Information about the database itself.
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   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
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02111-1307 USA.
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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
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conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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combination.
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As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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exception statement from your version. */
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package java.sql;
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public interface DatabaseMetaData 
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{
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  /**
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   * It is unknown whether or not the procedure returns a result.
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   */
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  int procedureResultUnknown = 0;
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  /**
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   * The procedure does not return a result.
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   */
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  int procedureNoResult = 1;
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  /**
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   * The procedure returns a result.
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   */
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  int procedureReturnsResult = 2;
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  /**
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   * The column type is unknown.
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   */
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  int procedureColumnUnknown = 0;
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  /**
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   * The column type is input.
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   */
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  int procedureColumnIn = 1;
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  /**
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   * The column type is input/output.
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   */
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  int procedureColumnInOut = 2;
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  /**
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   * The column type is output
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   */
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  int procedureColumnOut = 4;
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  /**
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   * The column is used for return values.
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   */
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  int procedureColumnReturn = 5;
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  /**
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   * The column is used for storing results
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   */
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  int procedureColumnResult = 3;
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  /**
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   * NULL values are not allowed.
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   */
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  int procedureNoNulls = 0;
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  /**
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   * NULL values are allowed.
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   */
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  int procedureNullable = 1;
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  /**
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   * It is unknown whether or not NULL values are allowed.
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   */
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  int procedureNullableUnknown = 2;
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  /**
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   * The column does not allow NULL
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   */
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  int columnNoNulls = 0;
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  /**
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   * The column does allow NULL
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   */
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  int columnNullable = 1;
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  /**
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   * It is unknown whether or not the column allows NULL
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   */
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  int columnNullableUnknown = 2;
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  /**
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   * The best row's scope is only guaranteed to be valid so long as the
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   * row is actually being used.
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   */
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  int bestRowTemporary = 0;
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  /**
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   * The best row identifier is valid to the end of the transaction.
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   */
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  int bestRowTransaction = 1;
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  /**
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   * The best row identifier is valid to the end of the session.
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   */
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  int bestRowSession = 2;
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  /**
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   * The best row may or may not be a pseudo-column.
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   */
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  int bestRowUnknown = 0;
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  /**
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   * The best row identifier is not a pseudo-column.
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   */
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  int bestRowNotPseudo = 1;
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  /**
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   * The best row identifier is a pseudo-column.
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   */
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  int bestRowPseudo = 2;
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  /**
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   * It is unknown whether or not the version column is a pseudo-column.
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   */
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  int versionColumnUnknown = 0;
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  /**
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   * The version column is not a pseudo-column
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   */
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  int versionColumnNotPseudo = 1;
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  /**
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   * The version column is a pseudo-column
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   */
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  int versionColumnPseudo = 2;
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  /**
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   * Foreign key changes are cascaded in updates or deletes.
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   */
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  int importedKeyCascade = 0;
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  /**
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   * Column may not be updated or deleted in use as a foreign key.
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   */
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  int importedKeyRestrict = 1;
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  /**
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   * When primary key is updated or deleted, the foreign key is set to NULL.
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   */
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  int importedKeySetNull = 2;
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  /**
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   * If the primary key is a foreign key, it cannot be udpated or deleted.
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   */
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  int importedKeyNoAction = 3;
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  /**
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   * If the primary key is updated or deleted, the foreign key is set to
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   * a default value.
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   */
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  int importedKeySetDefault = 4;
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  /**
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   * Wish I knew what this meant.
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   */
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  int importedKeyInitiallyDeferred = 5;
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  /**
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   * Wish I knew what this meant.
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   */
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  int importedKeyInitiallyImmediate = 6;
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  /**
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   * Wish I knew what this meant.
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   */
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  int importedKeyNotDeferrable = 7;
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  /**
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   * A NULL value is not allowed for this data type.
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   */
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  int typeNoNulls = 0;
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  /**
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   * A NULL value is allowed for this data type.
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   */
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  int typeNullable = 1;
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  /**
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   * It is unknown whether or not NULL values are allowed for this data type.
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   */
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  int typeNullableUnknown = 2;
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  /**
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   * Where clauses are not supported for this type.
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   */
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  int typePredNone = 0;
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  /**
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   * Only "WHERE..LIKE" style WHERE clauses are allowed on this data type.
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   */
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  int typePredChar = 1;
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  /**
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   * All WHERE clauses except "WHERE..LIKE" style are allowed on this data type.
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   */
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  int typePredBasic = 2;
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  /**
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   * Any type of WHERE clause is allowed for this data type.
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   */
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  int typeSearchable = 3;
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  /**
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   * This column contains table statistics.
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   */
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  short tableIndexStatistic = 0;
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  /**
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   * This table index is clustered.
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   */
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  short tableIndexClustered = 1;
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  /**
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   * This table index is hashed.
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   */
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  short tableIndexHashed = 2;
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  /**
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   * This table index is of another type.
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   */
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  short tableIndexOther = 3;
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  short attributeNoNulls = 0;
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  short attributeNullable = 1;
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  short attributeNullableUnknown = 2;
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  int sqlStateXOpen = 1;
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  int sqlStateSQL99 = 2;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not all the procedures returned by
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   * the <code>getProcedures</code> method can be called by this user.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if all the procedures can be called,
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   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean allProceduresAreCallable() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not all the table returned by the
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   * <code>getTables</code> method can be selected by this user.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if all the procedures can be called,
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   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   *
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean allTablesAreSelectable() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the URL for this database.
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   *
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   * @return The URL string for this database, or <code>null</code> if it
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   *         is not known.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getURL() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the database username for this connection.
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   *
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   * @return The database username.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getUserName() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database is in read only mode.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database is in read only mode,
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   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean isReadOnly() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not NULL's sort as high values.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if NULL's sort as high values, <code>false</code>
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   *         otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean nullsAreSortedHigh() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not NULL's sort as low values.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if NULL's sort as low values, <code>false</code>
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   * otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean nullsAreSortedLow() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not NULL's sort as high values.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if NULL's sort as high values, <code>false</code>
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   * otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean nullsAreSortedAtStart() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method test whether or not NULL's are sorted to the end
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   * of the list regardless of ascending or descending sort order.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if NULL's always sort to the end,
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   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean nullsAreSortedAtEnd() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the name of the database product.
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   *
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   * @return The database product.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getDatabaseProductName() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the version of the database product.
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   *
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   * @return The version of the database product.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getDatabaseProductVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the name of the JDBC driver.
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   *
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   * @return The name of the JDBC driver.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getDriverName() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the version of the JDBC driver.
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   *
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   * @return The version of the JDBC driver.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  String getDriverVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method returns the major version number of the JDBC driver.
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   *
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   * @return The major version number of the JDBC driver.
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   */
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  int getDriverMajorVersion();
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  /**
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   * This method returns the minor version number of the JDBC driver.
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   *
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   * @return The minor version number of the JDBC driver.
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   */
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  int getDriverMinorVersion();
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database uses local files to
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   * store tables.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database uses local files, 
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   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   *
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean usesLocalFiles() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database uses a separate file for
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   * each table.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database uses a separate file for each
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   * table </code>false</code> otherwise.
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   *
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean usesLocalFilePerTable() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database supports identifiers
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   * with mixed case.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database supports mixed case identifiers,
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   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   *
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean supportsMixedCaseIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database treats mixed case
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   * identifiers as all upper case.
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   *
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   * @exception <code>true</code> if the database treats all identifiers as
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   *            upper case, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean storesUpperCaseIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database treats mixed case
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   * identifiers as all lower case.
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   *
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   * @exception <code>true</code> if the database treats all identifiers as
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   *            lower case, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean storesLowerCaseIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database stores mixed case 
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   * identifers even if it treats them as case insensitive.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database stores mixed case identifiers,
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   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean storesMixedCaseIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database supports quoted identifiers
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   * with mixed case.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database supports mixed case quoted
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   *         identifiers, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean supportsMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database treats mixed case
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   * quoted identifiers as all upper case.
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   *
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   * @exception <code>true</code> if the database treats all quoted identifiers 
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   *            as upper case, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean storesUpperCaseQuotedIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database treats mixed case
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   * quoted identifiers as all lower case.
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   *
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   * @exception <code>true</code> if the database treats all quoted identifiers 
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   *            as lower case, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
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   */
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  boolean storesLowerCaseQuotedIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * This method tests whether or not the database stores mixed case 
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   * quoted identifers even if it treats them as case insensitive.
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   *
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   * @return <code>true</code> if the database stores mixed case quoted 
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   *         identifiers, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean storesMixedCaseQuotedIdentifiers() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This metohd returns the quote string for SQL identifiers.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The quote string for SQL identifers, or a space if quoting
 | 
						|
   *         is not supported.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getIdentifierQuoteString() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a comma separated list of all the SQL keywords in
 | 
						|
   * the database that are not in SQL92.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The list of SQL keywords not in SQL92.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getSQLKeywords() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a comma separated list of math functions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The list of math functions.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getNumericFunctions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a comma separated list of string functions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The list of string functions.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getStringFunctions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a comma separated list of of system functions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return A comma separated list of system functions.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getSystemFunctions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns comma separated list of time/date functions.
 | 
						|
   * 
 | 
						|
   * @return The list of time/date functions.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getTimeDateFunctions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the string used to escape wildcards in search strings.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The string used to escape wildcards in search strings.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getSearchStringEscape() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This methods returns non-standard characters that can appear in 
 | 
						|
   * unquoted identifiers.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return Non-standard characters that can appear in unquoted identifiers.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getExtraNameCharacters() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports
 | 
						|
   * "ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN"
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if column add supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsAlterTableWithAddColumn() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports
 | 
						|
   * "ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN"
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if column drop supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsAlterTableWithDropColumn() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not column aliasing is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if column aliasing is supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsColumnAliasing() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether the concatenation of a NULL and non-NULL
 | 
						|
   * value results in a NULL.  This will always be true in fully JDBC compliant
 | 
						|
   * drivers.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if concatenating NULL and a non-NULL value
 | 
						|
   *         returns a NULL, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean nullPlusNonNullIsNull() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * Tests whether or not CONVERT is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if CONVERT is supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsConvert() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not CONVERT can be performed between the
 | 
						|
   * specified types.  The types are contants from <code>Types</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param fromType The SQL type to convert from.
 | 
						|
   * @param toType The SQL type to convert to.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the conversion can be performed,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @see Types
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsConvert(int fromType, int toType) throws
 | 
						|
      SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not table correlation names are 
 | 
						|
   * supported.  This will be always be <code>true</code> in a fully JDBC
 | 
						|
   * compliant driver.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if table correlation names are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsTableCorrelationNames() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether correlation names must be different from the
 | 
						|
   * name of the table.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the correlation name must be different from
 | 
						|
   *         the table name, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsDifferentTableCorrelationNames() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not expressions are allowed in an
 | 
						|
   * ORDER BY lists.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if expressions are allowed in ORDER BY
 | 
						|
   *         lists, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsExpressionsInOrderBy() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or ORDER BY on a non-selected column is
 | 
						|
   * allowed.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a non-selected column can be used in an
 | 
						|
   *         ORDER BY, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOrderByUnrelated() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not GROUP BY is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if GROUP BY is supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsGroupBy() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether GROUP BY on a non-selected column is
 | 
						|
   * allowed.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a non-selected column can be used in a
 | 
						|
   *         GROUP BY, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsGroupByUnrelated() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not a GROUP BY can add columns not in the
 | 
						|
   * select if it includes all the columns in the select.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if GROUP BY an add columns provided it includes
 | 
						|
   *         all columns in the select, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsGroupByBeyondSelect() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the escape character is supported in
 | 
						|
   * LIKE expressions.  A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return
 | 
						|
   * <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if escapes are supported in LIKE expressions,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsLikeEscapeClause() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether multiple result sets for a single statement are
 | 
						|
   * supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if multiple result sets are supported for a 
 | 
						|
   *         single statement, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsMultipleResultSets() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method test whether or not multiple transactions may be open
 | 
						|
   * at once, as long as they are on different connections.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if multiple transactions on different
 | 
						|
   *         connections are supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsMultipleTransactions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not columns can be defined as NOT NULL.  A
 | 
						|
   * fully JDBC compliant driver always returns <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if NOT NULL columns are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsNonNullableColumns() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the minimum grammer for ODBC is supported.
 | 
						|
   * A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ODBC minimum grammar is supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsMinimumSQLGrammar() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the core grammer for ODBC is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ODBC core grammar is supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCoreSQLGrammar() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the extended grammer for ODBC is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ODBC extended grammar is supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsExtendedSQLGrammar() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the ANSI92 entry level SQL
 | 
						|
   * grammar is supported.  A fully JDBC compliant drivers must return
 | 
						|
   * <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ANSI92 entry level SQL grammar is
 | 
						|
   *         supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsANSI92EntryLevelSQL() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the ANSI92 intermediate SQL
 | 
						|
   * grammar is supported.  
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ANSI92 intermediate SQL grammar is
 | 
						|
   *         supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsANSI92IntermediateSQL() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the ANSI92 full SQL
 | 
						|
   * grammar is supported.  
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the ANSI92 full SQL grammar is
 | 
						|
   *         supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsANSI92FullSQL() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the SQL integrity enhancement
 | 
						|
   * facility is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the integrity enhancement facility is
 | 
						|
   *         supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsIntegrityEnhancementFacility() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports outer joins.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if outer joins are supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOuterJoins() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports full outer joins.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if full outer joins are supported, 
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsFullOuterJoins() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports limited outer joins.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if limited outer joins are supported, 
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsLimitedOuterJoins() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the vendor's term for "schema".
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The vendor's term for schema.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getSchemaTerm() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the vendor's term for "procedure".
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The vendor's term for procedure.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getProcedureTerm() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the vendor's term for "catalog".
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The vendor's term for catalog.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException if an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getCatalogTerm() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name appears at the beginning of
 | 
						|
   * a fully qualified table name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the catalog name appears at the beginning,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> if it appears at the end.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean isCatalogAtStart() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the separator between the catalog name and the
 | 
						|
   * table name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The separator between the catalog name and the table name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  String getCatalogSeparator() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a data
 | 
						|
   * manipulation statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a data
 | 
						|
   *         manipulation statement, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSchemasInDataManipulation() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a procedure
 | 
						|
   * call
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a procedure
 | 
						|
   *         call, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSchemasInProcedureCalls() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a table definition.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a table
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSchemasInTableDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in an index definition.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in an index
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSchemasInIndexDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in privilege definitions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in privilege
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSchemasInPrivilegeDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a data
 | 
						|
   * manipulation statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a data
 | 
						|
   *         manipulation statement, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCatalogsInDataManipulation() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a procedure
 | 
						|
   * call
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a procedure
 | 
						|
   *         call, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCatalogsInProcedureCalls() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in a table definition.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in a table
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCatalogsInTableDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in an index definition.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in an index
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCatalogsInIndexDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether a catalog name can appear in privilege definitions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if a catalog name can appear in privilege
 | 
						|
   *         definition, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCatalogsInPrivilegeDefinitions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not that database supports positioned
 | 
						|
   * deletes.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if positioned deletes are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsPositionedDelete() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not that database supports positioned
 | 
						|
   * updates.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if positioned updates are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsPositionedUpdate() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not SELECT FOR UPDATE is supported by the
 | 
						|
   * database.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if SELECT FOR UPDATE is supported 
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSelectForUpdate() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not stored procedures are supported on
 | 
						|
   * this database.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if stored procedures are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsStoredProcedures() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not subqueries are allowed in comparisons.
 | 
						|
   * A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if subqueries are allowed in comparisons,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSubqueriesInComparisons() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not subqueries are allowed in exists
 | 
						|
   * expressions.  A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return
 | 
						|
   * <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if subqueries are allowed in exists 
 | 
						|
   *         expressions, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSubqueriesInExists() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether subqueries are allowed in IN statements.
 | 
						|
   * A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the driver supports subqueries in IN
 | 
						|
   *         statements, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSubqueriesInIns() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not subqueries are allowed in quantified
 | 
						|
   * expressions.  A fully JDBC compliant driver will always return
 | 
						|
   * <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if subqueries are allowed in quantified 
 | 
						|
   *         expressions, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsSubqueriesInQuantifieds() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method test whether or not correlated subqueries are allowed. A
 | 
						|
   * fully JDBC compliant driver will always return <code>true</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if correlated subqueries are allowed,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsCorrelatedSubqueries() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the UNION statement is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if UNION is supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsUnion() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the UNION ALL statement is supported.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if UNION ALL is supported, <code>false</code>
 | 
						|
   *         otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsUnionAll() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports cursors
 | 
						|
   * remaining open across commits.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if cursors can remain open across commits,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOpenCursorsAcrossCommit() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports cursors
 | 
						|
   * remaining open across rollbacks.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if cursors can remain open across rollbacks,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOpenCursorsAcrossRollback() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports statements
 | 
						|
   * remaining open across commits.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if statements can remain open across commits,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOpenStatementsAcrossCommit() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports statements
 | 
						|
   * remaining open across rollbacks.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if statements can remain open across rollbacks,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsOpenStatementsAcrossRollback() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the number of hex characters allowed in an inline
 | 
						|
   * binary literal.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The number of hex characters allowed in a binary literal, 0 meaning
 | 
						|
   *         either an unknown or unlimited number.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxBinaryLiteralLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a character literal.
 | 
						|
   * 
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a character literal.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxCharLiteralLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a column name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a column name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of columns in a GROUP BY statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of columns in a GROUP BY statement.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnsInGroupBy() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of columns in an index.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of columns in an index.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnsInIndex() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of columns in an ORDER BY statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of columns in an ORDER BY statement.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnsInOrderBy() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of columns in a SELECT statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of columns in a SELECT statement.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnsInSelect() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of columns in a table.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of columns in a table.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxColumnsInTable() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of connections this client
 | 
						|
   * can have to the database.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of database connections.
 | 
						|
   * @SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxConnections() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a cursor name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a cursor name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxCursorNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of an index.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of an index.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxIndexLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a schema name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a schema name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxSchemaNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a procedure name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a procedure name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxProcedureNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a catalog name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a catalog name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxCatalogNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum size of a row in bytes.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum size of a row.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxRowSize() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the maximum row size includes BLOB's
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the maximum row size includes BLOB's,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean doesMaxRowSizeIncludeBlobs() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method includes the maximum length of a SQL statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a SQL statement.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxStatementLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of statements that can be
 | 
						|
   * active at any time.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of statements that can be active at any time.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxStatements() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a table name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a table name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxTableNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum number of tables that may be referenced
 | 
						|
   * in a SELECT statement.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum number of tables allowed in a SELECT statement.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxTablesInSelect() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the maximum length of a user name.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The maximum length of a user name.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getMaxUserNameLength() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the default transaction isolation level of the
 | 
						|
   * database.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The default transaction isolation level of the database.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see Connection
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  int getDefaultTransactionIsolation() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports transactions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the database supports transactions,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsTransactions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports the specified
 | 
						|
   * transaction isolation level.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param level The transaction isolation level.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified transaction isolation level
 | 
						|
   *         is supported, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsTransactionIsolationLevel(int level) throws
 | 
						|
      SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not DDL and DML statements allowed within 
 | 
						|
   * the same transaction.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if DDL and DML statements are allowed in the
 | 
						|
   *         same transaction, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsDataDefinitionAndDataManipulationTransactions()
 | 
						|
      throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not only DML statement are allowed
 | 
						|
   * inside a transaction.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if only DML statements are allowed in
 | 
						|
   *         transactions, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsDataManipulationTransactionsOnly() throws
 | 
						|
      SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not a DDL statement will cause the
 | 
						|
   * current transaction to be automatically committed.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if DDL causes an immediate transaction commit,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean dataDefinitionCausesTransactionCommit() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not DDL statements are ignored in
 | 
						|
   * transactions.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if DDL statements are ignored in transactions,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean dataDefinitionIgnoredInTransactions() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of all the stored procedures matching the
 | 
						|
   * specified pattern in the given schema and catalog.  This is returned
 | 
						|
   * a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_CAT - The catalog the procedure is in, which may be 
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_SCHEM - The schema the procedures is in, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_NAME - The name of the procedure.
 | 
						|
   * <li>Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>REMARKS - A description of the procedure
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_TYPE - Indicates the return type of the procedure, which 
 | 
						|
   * is one of the contstants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>procedureResultUnknown</code>, <code>procedureNoResult</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>procedureReturnsResult</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The name of the catalog to return stored procedured from,
 | 
						|
   *        or "" to return procedures from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schemaPattern A schema pattern for the schemas to return stored
 | 
						|
   *        procedures from, or "" to return procedures from all schemas.
 | 
						|
   * @param namePattern The pattern of procedures names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @returns A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested procedures.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getProcedures(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String
 | 
						|
      procedureNamePattern) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the parameter and result columns for
 | 
						|
   * the requested stored procedures.  This is returned in the form of a
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_CAT - The catalog the procedure is in, which may be 
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_SCHEM - The schema the procedures is in, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PROCEDURE_NAME - The name of the procedure.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_TYPE - The type of the column, which will be one of the
 | 
						|
   * contants defined in this class (<code>procedureColumnUnknown</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>procedureColumnIn</code>, <code>procedureColumnInOut</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>procedureColumnOut</code>, <code>procedureColumnReturn</code>,
 | 
						|
   * or <code>procedureColumnResult</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - The SQL type of the column. This is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   * defined in <code>Types</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The string name of the data type for this column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PRECISION - The precision of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>LENGTH - The length of the column in bytes
 | 
						|
   * <li>SCALE - The scale of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>RADIX - The radix of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>NULLABLE - Whether or not the column is NULLABLE.  This is one of
 | 
						|
   * the constants defined in this class (<code>procedureNoNulls</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>procedureNullable</code>, or <code>procedureNullableUnknown</code>)
 | 
						|
   * <li>REMARKS - A description of the column.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The name of the catalog to return stored procedured from,
 | 
						|
   *        or "" to return procedures from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schemaPattern A schema pattern for the schemas to return stored
 | 
						|
   *        procedures from, or "" to return procedures from all schemas.
 | 
						|
   * @param namePattern The pattern of procedures names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern The pattern of column names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @returns A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested procedures.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getProcedureColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern,
 | 
						|
      String procedureNamePattern, String columnNamePattern) throws
 | 
						|
      SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the requested table as a   
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog the table is in, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema the table is in, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_TYPE - A string describing the table type.  This will be one
 | 
						|
   * of the values returned by the <code>getTableTypes()</code> method.
 | 
						|
   * <li>REMARKS - Comments about the table.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   * 
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The name of the catalog to return tables from,
 | 
						|
   *        or "" to return tables from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schemaPattern A schema pattern for the schemas to return tables
 | 
						|
   *        from, or "" to return tables from all schemas.
 | 
						|
   * @param namePattern The pattern of table names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @param types The list of table types to include; null returns all types.
 | 
						|
   * @returns A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested tables.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getTables(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String
 | 
						|
      tableNamePattern, String[] types) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the list of database schemas as a 
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code>, with one column - TABLE_SCHEM - that is the
 | 
						|
   * name of the schema.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested schemas.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getSchemas() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the list of database catalogs as a
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with one column - TABLE_CAT - that is the
 | 
						|
   * name of the catalog.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getCatalogs() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the list of database table types as a
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with one column - TABLE_TYPE - that is the
 | 
						|
   * name of the table type.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested table types.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getTableTypes() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the tables columns for
 | 
						|
   * the requested tables.  This is returned in the form of a
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog the table is in, which may be 
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema the tables is in, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - The SQL type of the column. This is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   * defined in <code>Types</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The string name of the data type for this column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_SIZE - The size of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>NUM_PREC_RADIX - The radix of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>NULLABLE - Whether or not the column is NULLABLE.  This is one of
 | 
						|
   * the constants defined in this class (<code>tableNoNulls</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>tableNullable</code>, or <code>tableNullableUnknown</code>)
 | 
						|
   * <li>REMARKS - A description of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_DEF - The default value for the column, may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>SQL_DATA_TYPE - Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>SQL_DATETIME_SUB - Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH - For character columns, the maximum number of bytes
 | 
						|
   * in the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>ORDINAL_POSITION - The index of the column in the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>IS_NULLABLE - "NO" means no, "YES" means maybe, and an empty string
 | 
						|
   * means unknown.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The name of the catalog to return table from,
 | 
						|
   * or "" to return tables from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schemaPattern A schema pattern for the schemas to return 
 | 
						|
   * tables from, or "" to return tables from all schemas.
 | 
						|
   * @param namePattern The pattern of tables names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern The pattern of column names to return.
 | 
						|
   * @returns A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested tables.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String
 | 
						|
      tableNamePattern, String columnNamePattern) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the access rights that have been granted to the
 | 
						|
   * requested columns.  This information is returned as a <code>ResultSet</code>
 | 
						|
   * with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog the table is in, which may be 
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema the tables is in, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>GRANTOR - The entity that granted the access.
 | 
						|
   * <li>GRANTEE - The entity granted the access.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PRIVILEGE - The name of the privilege granted.
 | 
						|
   * <li>IS_GRANTABLE - "YES" if the grantee can grant the privilege to
 | 
						|
   * others, "NO" if not, and <code>null</code> if unknown.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern A pattern of column names to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested privileges.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getColumnPrivileges(String catalog, String schema, String
 | 
						|
      table, String columnNamePattern) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the access rights that have been granted to the
 | 
						|
   * requested tables.  This information is returned as a <code>ResultSet</code>
 | 
						|
   * with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog the table is in, which may be 
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema the tables is in, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>GRANTOR - The entity that granted the access.
 | 
						|
   * <li>GRANTEE - The entity granted the access.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PRIVILEGE - The name of the privilege granted.
 | 
						|
   * <li>IS_GRANTABLE - "YES" if the grantee can grant the privilege to
 | 
						|
   * others, "NO" if not, and <code>null</code> if unknown.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param tablePattern The table name pattern of tables to return 
 | 
						|
   *        information for.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with all the requested privileges.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getTablePrivileges(String catalog, String schemaPattern,
 | 
						|
      String tableNamePattern) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the best set of columns for uniquely identifying
 | 
						|
   * a row.  It returns this information as a <code>ResultSet</code> with
 | 
						|
   * the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>SCOPE - The scope of the results returned.  This is one of the 
 | 
						|
   * constants defined in this class (<code>bestRowTemporary</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>bestRowTransaction</code>, or <code>bestRowSession</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - The SQL type of the column. This is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   * defined in <code>Types</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The string name of the data type for this column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_SIZE - The precision of the columns
 | 
						|
   * <li>BUFFER_LENGTH - Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>DECIMAL_DIGITS - The scale of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PSEUDO_COLUMN - Whether or not the best row identifier is a
 | 
						|
   * pseudo_column.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>bestRowUnknown</code>, <code>bestRowNotPseudo</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>bestRowPseudo</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   * to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   * to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   * to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern A pattern of column names to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param scope One of the best row id scope constants from this class.
 | 
						|
   * @param nullable <code>true</code> to include columns that are nullable,
 | 
						|
   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the best row identifier.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getBestRowIdentifier(String catalog, String schema,
 | 
						|
    String table, int scope, boolean nullable) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the set of columns that are automatically updated
 | 
						|
   * when the row is update. It returns this information as a 
 | 
						|
   * <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>SCOPE - Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - The SQL type of the column. This is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   * defined in <code>Types</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The string name of the data type for this column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_SIZE - The precision of the columns
 | 
						|
   * <li>BUFFER_LENGTH - Unused
 | 
						|
   * <li>DECIMAL_DIGITS - The scale of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PSEUDO_COLUMN - Whether or not the best row identifier is a
 | 
						|
   * pseudo_column.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>versionRowUnknown</code>, <code>versionRowNotPseudo</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>versionRowPseudo</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern A pattern of column names to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the version columns.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getVersionColumns(String catalog, String schema,
 | 
						|
    String table) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of a table's primary key columns.  These
 | 
						|
   * are returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns.
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog of the table, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema of the table, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of the column.
 | 
						|
   * <li>KEY_SEQ - The sequence number of the column within the primary key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PK_NAME - The name of the primary key, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param columnPattern A pattern of column names to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the primary key columns.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getPrimaryKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)
 | 
						|
      throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the table's foreign keys.  These are
 | 
						|
   * returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_CAT - The catalog of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_SCHEM - The schema of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_NAME - The name of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKCOLUMN_NAME - The name of the column that was imported.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_CAT - The foreign key catalog name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_SCHEM - The foreign key schema name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_NAME - The foreign key table name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKCOLUMN_NAME - The foreign key column name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>KEY_SEQ - The sequence number of the column within the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>UPDATE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * updated.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyRestrict</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>DELETE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * deleted.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, or <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>)
 | 
						|
   * <li>FK_NAME - The name of the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PK_NAME - The name of the primary key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DEFERRABILITY - The deferrability value.  This is one of the
 | 
						|
   * constants defined in this table (<code>importedKeyInitiallyDeferred</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyInitiallyImmediate</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyNotDeferrable</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the foreign key columns.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getImportedKeys(String catalog, String schema,
 | 
						|
    String table) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the table's which use this table's
 | 
						|
   * primary key as a foreign key.  The information is
 | 
						|
   * returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_CAT - The catalog of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_SCHEM - The schema of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_NAME - The name of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKCOLUMN_NAME - The name of the column that was imported.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_CAT - The foreign key catalog name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_SCHEM - The foreign key schema name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_NAME - The foreign key table name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKCOLUMN_NAME - The foreign key column name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>KEY_SEQ - The sequence number of the column within the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>UPDATE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * updated.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyRestrict</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>DELETE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * deleted.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, or <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>)
 | 
						|
   * <li>FK_NAME - The name of the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PK_NAME - The name of the primary key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DEFERRABILITY - The deferrability value.  This is one of the
 | 
						|
   * constants defined in this table (<code>importedKeyInitiallyDeferred</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyInitiallyImmediate</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyNotDeferrable</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the requested information
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getExportedKeys(String catalog, String schema,
 | 
						|
    String table) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a description of how one table imports another
 | 
						|
   * table's primary key as a foreign key.  The information is
 | 
						|
   * returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_CAT - The catalog of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_SCHEM - The schema of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKTABLE_NAME - The name of the table the key was imported from.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PKCOLUMN_NAME - The name of the column that was imported.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_CAT - The foreign key catalog name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_SCHEM - The foreign key schema name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKTABLE_NAME - The foreign key table name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FKCOLUMN_NAME - The foreign key column name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>KEY_SEQ - The sequence number of the column within the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>UPDATE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * updated.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyRestrict</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>DELETE_RULE - How the foreign key behaves when the primary key is
 | 
						|
   * deleted.  This is one of the constants defined in this class 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>importedNoAction</code>, <code>importedKeyCascade</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeySetNull</code>, or <code>importedKeySetDefault</code>)
 | 
						|
   * <li>FK_NAME - The name of the foreign key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PK_NAME - The name of the primary key.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DEFERRABILITY - The deferrability value.  This is one of the
 | 
						|
   * constants defined in this table (<code>importedKeyInitiallyDeferred</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyInitiallyImmediate</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>importedKeyNotDeferrable</code>).
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param primCatalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs, on the exporting side.
 | 
						|
   * @param primSchema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema, on the exporting side.
 | 
						|
   * @param primTable The table name to return information for, on the exporting
 | 
						|
   *        side.
 | 
						|
   * @param forCatalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs, on the importing side.
 | 
						|
   * @param forSchema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema on the importing side.
 | 
						|
   * @param forTable The table name to return information for on the importing
 | 
						|
   *        side.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the requested information
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getCrossReference(String primaryCatalog, String
 | 
						|
    primarySchema, String primaryTable, String foreignCatalog, String
 | 
						|
    foreignSchema, String foreignTable) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns a list of the SQL types supported by this
 | 
						|
   * database.  The information is returned as a <code>ResultSet</code>
 | 
						|
   * with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The name of the data type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - A data type constant from <code>Types</code> for this
 | 
						|
   * type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PRECISION - The maximum precision of this type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>LITERAL_PREFIX - Prefix value used to quote a literal, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>LITERAL_SUFFIX - Suffix value used to quote a literal, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>CREATE_PARAMS - The parameters used to create the type, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>NULLABLE - Whether or not this type supports NULL values.  This will
 | 
						|
   * be one of the constants defined in this interface 
 | 
						|
   * (<code>typeNoNulls</code>, <code>typeNullable</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>typeNullableUnknown</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>CASE_SENSITIVE - Whether or not the value is case sensitive.
 | 
						|
   * <li>SEARCHABLE - Whether or not "LIKE" expressions are supported in
 | 
						|
   * WHERE clauses for this type.  This will be one of the constants defined
 | 
						|
   * in this interface (<code>typePredNone</code>, <code>typePredChar</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>typePredBasic</code>, or <code>typeSearchable</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE - Is the value of this type unsigned.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FIXED_PREC_SCALE - Whether or not this type can be used for money.
 | 
						|
   * <li>AUTO_INCREMENT - Whether or not this type supports auto-incrementing.
 | 
						|
   * <li>LOCAL_TYPE_NAME - A localized name for this data type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>MINIMUM_SCALE - The minimum scale supported by this type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>MAXIMUM_SCALE - The maximum scale supported by this type.
 | 
						|
   * <li>SQL_DATA_TYPE - Unused.
 | 
						|
   * <li>SQL_DATETIME_SUB - Unused.
 | 
						|
   * <li>NUM_PREC_RADIX - The radix of this data type.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   * 
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the list of available data types.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getTypeInfo() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns information about a tables indices and statistics.
 | 
						|
   * It is returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_CAT - The catalog of the table, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_SCHEM - The schema of the table, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TABLE_NAME - The name of the table.
 | 
						|
   * <li>NON_UNIQUE - Are index values non-unique?
 | 
						|
   * <li>INDEX_QUALIFIER The index catalog, which may be <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   * <li>INDEX_NAME - The name of the index.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE - The type of index, which will be one of the constants defined
 | 
						|
   * in this interface (<code>tableIndexStatistic</code>,
 | 
						|
   * <code>tableIndexClustered</code>, <code>tableIndexHashed</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>tableIndexOther</code>).
 | 
						|
   * <li>ORDINAL_POSITION - The sequence number of this column in the index.
 | 
						|
   * This will be 0 when the index type is <code>tableIndexStatistic</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>COLUMN_NAME - The name of this column in the index.
 | 
						|
   * <li>ASC_OR_DESC - "A" for an ascending sort sequence, "D" for a
 | 
						|
   * descending sort sequence or <code>null</code> if a sort sequence is not
 | 
						|
   * supported.
 | 
						|
   * <li>CARDINALITY - The number of unique rows in the index, or the number
 | 
						|
   * of rows in the table if the index type is <code>tableIndexStatistic</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>PAGES - The number of pages used for the index, or the number of pages
 | 
						|
   * in the table if the index type is <code>tableIndexStatistic</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>FILTER_CONDITION - The filter condition for this index, which may be
 | 
						|
   * <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or 
 | 
						|
   *        <code>null</code> to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param table The table name to return information for.
 | 
						|
   * @param unique <code>true</code> to return only unique indexes, 
 | 
						|
   *        <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @param approx <code>true</code> if data values can be approximations,
 | 
						|
   *        <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the requested index information
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getIndexInfo(String catalog, String schema, String table,
 | 
						|
    boolean unique, boolean approximate) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the datbase supports the specified
 | 
						|
   * result type.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   * defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type is supported,
 | 
						|
   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsResultSetType(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether the specified result set type and result set
 | 
						|
   * concurrency type are supported by the database.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @param concur The desired concurrency type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type is supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsResultSetConcurrency(int type, int concurrency)
 | 
						|
      throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees its
 | 
						|
   * own updates.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees its own updates,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean ownUpdatesAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees its
 | 
						|
   * own deletes.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees its own deletes,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean ownDeletesAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees its
 | 
						|
   * own inserts.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees its own inserts,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean ownInsertsAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees 
 | 
						|
   * updates committed by others.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees other updates,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean othersUpdatesAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees 
 | 
						|
   * deletes committed by others.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees other deletes,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean othersDeletesAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type sees 
 | 
						|
   * inserts committed by others.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type sees other inserts,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean othersInsertsAreVisible(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type can detect
 | 
						|
   * a visible update by calling the <code>rowUpdated</code> method.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type can detect visible updates
 | 
						|
   *         using <code>rowUpdated</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean updatesAreDetected(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type can detect
 | 
						|
   * a visible delete by calling the <code>rowUpdated</code> method.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type can detect visible deletes
 | 
						|
   *         using <code>rowUpdated</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean deletesAreDetected(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
  
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the specified result set type can detect
 | 
						|
   * a visible insert by calling the <code>rowUpdated</code> method.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param type The desired result type, which is one of the constants
 | 
						|
   *        defined in <code>ResultSet</code>.
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if the result set type can detect visible inserts
 | 
						|
   *         using <code>rowUpdated</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   * @see ResultSet
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean insertsAreDetected(int type) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method tests whether or not the database supports batch updates.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return <code>true</code> if batch updates are supported,
 | 
						|
   *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  boolean supportsBatchUpdates() throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the list of user defined data types in use.  These
 | 
						|
   * are returned as a <code>ResultSet</code> with the following columns:
 | 
						|
   * <p>
 | 
						|
   * <ol>
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_CAT - The catalog name, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_SCEHM - The schema name, which may be <code>null</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>TYPE_NAME - The user defined data type name.
 | 
						|
   * <li>CLASS_NAME - The Java class name this type maps to.
 | 
						|
   * <li>DATA_TYPE - A type identifier from <code>Types</code> for this type.
 | 
						|
   * This will be one of <code>JAVA_OBJECT</code>, <code>STRUCT</code>, or
 | 
						|
   * <code>DISTINCT</code>.
 | 
						|
   * <li>REMARKS - Comments about this data type.
 | 
						|
   * </ol>
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @param catalog The catalog to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a catalog, or <code>null</code>
 | 
						|
   *        to return information from all catalogs.
 | 
						|
   * @param schema The schema to retrieve information from, or the empty string
 | 
						|
   *        to return entities not associated with a schema.
 | 
						|
   * @param typePattern The type name pattern to match.
 | 
						|
   * @param types The type identifier patterns (from <code>Types</code>) to
 | 
						|
   *        match.
 | 
						|
   * @return A <code>ResultSet</code> with the requested type information
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  ResultSet getUDTs(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String
 | 
						|
      typeNamePattern, int[] types) throws SQLException;
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  /**
 | 
						|
   * This method returns the <code>Connection</code> object that was used
 | 
						|
   * to generate the metadata in this object.
 | 
						|
   *
 | 
						|
   * @return The connection for this object.
 | 
						|
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
 | 
						|
   */
 | 
						|
  Connection getConnection() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsSavepoints() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsNamedParameters() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsMultipleOpenResults() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsGetGeneratedKeys() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  ResultSet getSuperTypes(String catalog, String schemaPattern,
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    String typeNamePattern) throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  ResultSet getSuperTables(String catalog, String schemaPattern,
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    String tableNamePattern) throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  ResultSet getAttributes(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String
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    typeNamePattern, String attributeNamePattern) throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsResultSetHoldability(int holdability)
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    throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getResultSetHoldability() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getDatabaseMajorVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getDatabaseMinorVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getJDBCMajorVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getJDBCMinorVersion() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  int getSQLStateType() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean locatorsUpdateCopy() throws SQLException;
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  /**
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   * @since 1.4
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   */
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  boolean supportsStatementPooling() throws SQLException;
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}
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