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    25 package java.sql;

    26 

    27 /**

    28  * An object that is used to identify a generic SQL type, called a JDBC type or

    29  * a vendor specific data type.

    30  *

    31  * @since 1.8

    32  */

    33 public interface SQLType {

    34 

    35     /**

    36      * Returns the {@code SQLType} name that represents a SQL data type.

    37      *

    38      * @return The name of this {@code SQLType}.

    39      */

    40     String getName();

    41 

    42     /**

    43      * Returns the name of the vendor that supports this data type. The value

    44      * returned typically is the package name for this vendor.

    45      *

    46      * @return The name of the vendor for this data type

    47      */

    48     String getVendor();

    49 

    50     /**

    51      * Returns the vendor specific type number for the data type.

    52      *

    53      * @return An Integer representing the vendor specific data type

    54      */

    55     Integer getVendorTypeNumber();

    56 }