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     25 
     26 package javax.sql;
     27 
     28 import java.sql.*;
     29 
     30 /**
     31  * An object that contains information about the columns in a
     32  * <code>RowSet</code> object.  This interface is
     33  * an extension of the <code>ResultSetMetaData</code> interface with
     34  * methods for setting the values in a <code>RowSetMetaData</code> object.
     35  * When a <code>RowSetReader</code> object reads data into a <code>RowSet</code>
     36  * object, it creates a <code>RowSetMetaData</code> object and initializes it
     37  * using the methods in the <code>RowSetMetaData</code> interface.  Then the
     38  * reader passes the <code>RowSetMetaData</code> object to the rowset.
     39  * <P>
     40  * The methods in this interface are invoked internally when an application
     41  * calls the method <code>RowSet.execute</code>; an application
     42  * programmer would not use them directly.
     43  *
     44  * @since 1.4
     45  */
     46 
     47 public interface RowSetMetaData extends ResultSetMetaData {
     48 
     49   /**
     50    * Sets the number of columns in the <code>RowSet</code> object to
     51    * the given number.
     52    *
     53    * @param columnCount the number of columns in the <code>RowSet</code> object
     54    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     55    */
     56   void setColumnCount(int columnCount) throws SQLException;
     57 
     58   /**
     59    * Sets whether the designated column is automatically numbered,
     60    * The default is for a <code>RowSet</code> object's
     61    * columns not to be automatically numbered.
     62    *
     63    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
     64    * @param property <code>true</code> if the column is automatically
     65    *                 numbered; <code>false</code> if it is not
     66    *
     67    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     68    */
     69   void setAutoIncrement(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
     70 
     71   /**
     72    * Sets whether the designated column is case sensitive.
     73    * The default is <code>false</code>.
     74    *
     75    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
     76    * @param property <code>true</code> if the column is case sensitive;
     77    *                 <code>false</code> if it is not
     78    *
     79    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     80    */
     81   void setCaseSensitive(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
     82 
     83   /**
     84    * Sets whether the designated column can be used in a where clause.
     85    * The default is <code>false</code>.
     86    *
     87    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
     88    * @param property <code>true</code> if the column can be used in a
     89    *                 <code>WHERE</code> clause; <code>false</code> if it cannot
     90    *
     91    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     92    */
     93   void setSearchable(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
     94 
     95   /**
     96    * Sets whether the designated column is a cash value.
     97    * The default is <code>false</code>.
     98    *
     99    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    100    * @param property <code>true</code> if the column is a cash value;
    101    *                 <code>false</code> if it is not
    102    *
    103    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    104    */
    105   void setCurrency(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
    106 
    107   /**
    108    * Sets whether the designated column's value can be set to
    109    * <code>NULL</code>.
    110    * The default is <code>ResultSetMetaData.columnNullableUnknown</code>
    111    *
    112    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    113    * @param property one of the following constants:
    114    *                 <code>ResultSetMetaData.columnNoNulls</code>,
    115    *                 <code>ResultSetMetaData.columnNullable</code>, or
    116    *                 <code>ResultSetMetaData.columnNullableUnknown</code>
    117    *
    118    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    119    */
    120   void setNullable(int columnIndex, int property) throws SQLException;
    121 
    122   /**
    123    * Sets whether the designated column is a signed number.
    124    * The default is <code>false</code>.
    125    *
    126    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    127    * @param property <code>true</code> if the column is a signed number;
    128    *                 <code>false</code> if it is not
    129    *
    130    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    131    */
    132   void setSigned(int columnIndex, boolean property) throws SQLException;
    133 
    134   /**
    135    * Sets the designated column's normal maximum width in chars to the
    136    * given <code>int</code>.
    137    *
    138    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    139    * @param size the normal maximum number of characters for
    140    *           the designated column
    141    *
    142    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    143    */
    144   void setColumnDisplaySize(int columnIndex, int size) throws SQLException;
    145 
    146   /**
    147    * Sets the suggested column title for use in printouts and
    148    * displays, if any, to the given <code>String</code>.
    149    *
    150    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    151    * @param label the column title
    152    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    153    */
    154   void setColumnLabel(int columnIndex, String label) throws SQLException;
    155 
    156   /**
    157    * Sets the name of the designated column to the given <code>String</code>.
    158    *
    159    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    160    * @param columnName the designated column's name
    161    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    162    */
    163   void setColumnName(int columnIndex, String columnName) throws SQLException;
    164 
    165   /**
    166    * Sets the name of the designated column's table's schema, if any, to
    167    * the given <code>String</code>.
    168    *
    169    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    170    * @param schemaName the schema name
    171    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    172    */
    173   void setSchemaName(int columnIndex, String schemaName) throws SQLException;
    174 
    175   /**
    176    * Sets the designated column's number of decimal digits to the
    177    * given <code>int</code>.
    178    *
    179    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    180    * @param precision the total number of decimal digits
    181    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    182    */
    183   void setPrecision(int columnIndex, int precision) throws SQLException;
    184 
    185   /**
    186    * Sets the designated column's number of digits to the
    187    * right of the decimal point to the given <code>int</code>.
    188    *
    189    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    190    * @param scale the number of digits to right of decimal point
    191    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    192    */
    193   void setScale(int columnIndex, int scale) throws SQLException;
    194 
    195   /**
    196    * Sets the designated column's table name, if any, to the given
    197    * <code>String</code>.
    198    *
    199    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    200    * @param tableName the column's table name
    201    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    202    */
    203   void setTableName(int columnIndex, String tableName) throws SQLException;
    204 
    205   /**
    206    * Sets the designated column's table's catalog name, if any, to the given
    207    * <code>String</code>.
    208    *
    209    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    210    * @param catalogName the column's catalog name
    211    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    212    */
    213   void setCatalogName(int columnIndex, String catalogName) throws SQLException;
    214 
    215   /**
    216    * Sets the designated column's SQL type to the one given.
    217    *
    218    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    219    * @param SQLType the column's SQL type
    220    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    221    * @see Types
    222    */
    223   void setColumnType(int columnIndex, int SQLType) throws SQLException;
    224 
    225   /**
    226    * Sets the designated column's type name that is specific to the
    227    * data source, if any, to the given <code>String</code>.
    228    *
    229    * @param columnIndex the first column is 1, the second is 2, ...
    230    * @param typeName data source specific type name.
    231    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
    232    */
    233   void setColumnTypeName(int columnIndex, String typeName) throws SQLException;
    234 
    235 }
    236