01: /*
02: * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</a>
03: *
04: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
05: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
06: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
07: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
08: *
09: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13: *
14: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17: */
18: package org.mandarax.sql;
19:
20: import java.sql.ResultSet;
21: import java.sql.SQLException;
22:
23: /**
24: * Describes how to map a row (the current row in a result set) to a java
25: * object. The most simple case is that the result set has just one column
26: * (e.g. a column 'name') and the mapping will yield this value. More
27: * advanced versions will build objects (like 'customer') from records
28: * containing multiple columns.
29: * @author <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</A>
30: * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
31: * @since 1.6
32: */
33: public interface SQLObjectRelationalMapping extends
34: java.io.Serializable {
35:
36: /**
37: * Build a java object from a record.
38: * The record is represented as result set, therefore ResultSet.next() should not
39: * be called in (implementation of) this method.
40: * @return an object
41: * @param record a result set
42: */
43: public Object buildObject(ResultSet record) throws SQLException;
44:
45: /**
46: * Get the target type of the mapping.
47: * @return a class
48: */
49: public Class getTargetType();
50: }
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