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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2000 William Chesters
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
12   *
13   * a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
14   *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
15   *    any later version,
16   *
17   *    or
18   *
19   * b) any version of the Melati Software License, as published
20   *    at http://melati.org
21   *
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23   * the Melati Software License along with this program;
24   * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
25   * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA to obtain the
26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
27   * Melati Software License.
28   *
29   * Feel free to contact the Developers of Melati (http://melati.org),
30   * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
31   * outlined here.  It is our intention to allow Melati to be used by as
32   * wide an audience as possible.
33   *
34   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
35   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
36   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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38   *
39   * Contact details for copyright holder:
40   *
41   *     William Chesters <williamc At paneris.org>
42   *     http://paneris.org/~williamc
43   *     Obrechtstraat 114, 2517VX Den Haag, The Netherlands
44   */
45  
46  package org.melati.poem;
47  
48  import java.sql.ResultSet;
49  import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
50  import org.melati.poem.dbms.Dbms;
51  
52  /**
53   * A native SQL {@link Field} datatype.
54   *
55   * @author WilliamC At paneris.org
56   *
57   */
58  public interface SQLType<T> {
59    
60    /**
61     * @return The SQL92 ANSI code for this type.
62     */
63    int sqlTypeCode();
64    
65    
66    /**
67     * SQL type definition with nullability.
68     * eg:
69     * <code>
70     * STRING NOT NULL
71     * </code>
72     * @param dbms the DBMS 
73     * @return the DBMS specific SQL snippet
74     */
75    String sqlDefinition(Dbms dbms);
76  
77    /**
78     * Used to set a not null value when 
79     * creating a non nullable column.
80     * @param dbms the dbms the value is suitable for 
81     * @return a String suitable for substitution in UPDATE table SET field = ?
82     */
83    String sqlDefaultValue(Dbms dbms);
84    
85    /**
86     * SQL type definition without nullability.
87     * eg:
88     * <code>
89     * STRING
90     * </code>
91     * @param dbms the DBMS 
92     * @return the DBMS specific SQL snippet
93     */
94    String sqlTypeDefinition(Dbms dbms);  
95    /**
96     * Quoting a raw value, if appropriate, for the Dbms.
97     * <p>
98     * numbers and booleans are not quoted for most dbms'.
99     * @param raw sql value
100    * @return the raw value with quotes if appropriate for the dbms
101    */
102   String quotedRaw(Object raw);
103 
104   /**
105    * Return an object as delivered by the database.
106    * 
107    * @param rs the Resultset containing the value
108    * @param col the column withing the ResultSet to read
109    * @return the value as an Object
110    */
111   Object getRaw(ResultSet rs, int col)
112       throws TypeMismatchPoemException, ValidationPoemException,
113              ParsingPoemException;
114 
115   /**
116    * Set a column of a PreparedStatement to the passed in value.
117    * 
118    * @param ps the Prepared Statement to modify
119    * @param col the column within the PreparedStatement
120    * @param cooked the value to set
121    */
122   void setRaw(PreparedStatement ps, int col, Object cooked)
123       throws TypeMismatchPoemException;
124 }