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Ref.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API3866Fri Aug 26 14:57:20 BST 2005java.sql

Ref

public interface Ref
The mapping in the Java programming language of an SQL REF value, which is a reference to an SQL structured type value in the database.

SQL REF values are stored in a table that contains instances of a referenceable SQL structured type, and each REF value is a unique identifier for one instance in that table. An SQL REF value may be used in place of the SQL structured type it references, either as a column value in a table or an attribute value in a structured type.

Because an SQL REF value is a logical pointer to an SQL structured type, a Ref object is by default also a logical pointer. Thus, retrieving an SQL REF value as a Ref object does not materialize the attributes of the structured type on the client.

A Ref object can be stored in the database using the PreparedStatement.setRef method.

see
Struct
since
1.2

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public java.lang.StringgetBaseTypeName()
Retrieves the fully-qualified SQL name of the SQL structured type that this Ref object references.

return
the fully-qualified SQL name of the referenced SQL structured type
exception
SQLException if a database access error occurs
since
1.2

public java.lang.ObjectgetObject(java.util.Map map)
Retrieves the referenced object and maps it to a Java type
using the given type map.
param
map a java.util.Map object that contains
the mapping to use (the fully-qualified name of the SQL
structured type being referenced and the class object for
SQLData implementation to which the SQL
structured type will be mapped)
return
a Java Object that is the custom mapping for
the SQL structured type to which this Ref
object refers
exception
SQLException if a database access error occurs
since
1.4
see
#setObject
public java.lang.ObjectgetObject()
Retrieves the SQL structured type instance referenced by
this Ref object. If the connection's type map has an entry
for the structured type, the instance will be custom mapped to
the Java class indicated in the type map. Otherwise, the
structured type instance will be mapped to a Struct object.
return
a Java Object that is the mapping for
the SQL structured type to which this Ref
object refers
exception
SQLException if a database access error occurs
since
1.4
see
#setObject
public voidsetObject(java.lang.Object value)
Sets the structured type value that this Ref
object references to the given instance of Object.
The driver converts this to an SQL structured type when it
sends it to the database.
param
value an Object representing the SQL
structured type instance that this
Ref object will reference
exception
SQLException if a database access error occurs
since
1.4
see
#getObject()
see
#getObject(Map)
see
PreparedStatement#setObject(int, Object)
see
CallableStatement#setObject(String, Object)