src/java.sql.rowset/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialArray.java
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+/*
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+ *
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+
+package javax.sql.rowset.serial;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+
+/**
+ * A serialized version of an <code>Array</code>
+ * object, which is the mapping in the Java programming language of an SQL
+ * <code>ARRAY</code> value.
+ * <P>
+ * The <code>SerialArray</code> class provides a constructor for creating
+ * a <code>SerialArray</code> instance from an <code>Array</code> object,
+ * methods for getting the base type and the SQL name for the base type, and
+ * methods for copying all or part of a <code>SerialArray</code> object.
+ * <P>
+ *
+ * Note: In order for this class to function correctly, a connection to the
+ * data source
+ * must be available in order for the SQL <code>Array</code> object to be
+ * materialized (have all of its elements brought to the client server)
+ * if necessary. At this time, logical pointers to the data in the data source,
+ * such as locators, are not currently supported.
+ *
+ * <h3> Thread safety </h3>
+ *
+ * A SerialArray is not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.  If a
+ * SerialArray is to be used by more than one thread then access to the
+ * SerialArray should be controlled by appropriate synchronization.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class SerialArray implements Array, Serializable, Cloneable {
+
+    /**
+     * A serialized array in which each element is an <code>Object</code>
+     * in the Java programming language that represents an element
+     * in the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value.
+     * @serial
+     */
+    private Object[] elements;
+
+    /**
+     * The SQL type of the elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object.  The
+     * type is expressed as one of the constants from the class
+     * <code>java.sql.Types</code>.
+     * @serial
+     */
+    private int baseType;
+
+    /**
+     * The type name used by the DBMS for the elements in the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
+     * value that this <code>SerialArray</code> object represents.
+     * @serial
+     */
+    private String baseTypeName;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, which
+     * is also the number of elements in the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value
+     * that this <code>SerialArray</code> object represents.
+     * @serial
+     */
+    private int len;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new <code>SerialArray</code> object from the given
+     * <code>Array</code> object, using the given type map for the custom
+     * mapping of each element when the elements are SQL UDTs.
+     * <P>
+     * This method does custom mapping if the array elements are a UDT
+     * and the given type map has an entry for that UDT.
+     * Custom mapping is recursive,
+     * meaning that if, for instance, an element of an SQL structured type
+     * is an SQL structured type that itself has an element that is an SQL
+     * structured type, each structured type that has a custom mapping will be
+     * mapped according to the given type map.
+     * <P>
+     * The new <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object contains the same elements as the <code>Array</code> object
+     * from which it is built, except when the base type is the SQL type
+     * <code>STRUCT</code>, <code>ARRAY</code>, <code>BLOB</code>,
+     * <code>CLOB</code>, <code>DATALINK</code> or <code>JAVA_OBJECT</code>.
+     * In this case, each element in the new
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> object is the appropriate serialized form,
+     * that is, a <code>SerialStruct</code>, <code>SerialArray</code>,
+     * <code>SerialBlob</code>, <code>SerialClob</code>,
+     * <code>SerialDatalink</code>, or <code>SerialJavaObject</code> object.
+     * <P>
+     * Note: (1) The <code>Array</code> object from which a <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object is created must have materialized the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value's
+     * data on the client before it is passed to the constructor.  Otherwise,
+     * the new <code>SerialArray</code> object will contain no data.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: (2) If the <code>Array</code> contains <code>java.sql.Types.JAVA_OBJECT</code>
+     * types, the <code>SerialJavaObject</code> constructor is called where checks
+     * are made to ensure this object is serializable.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: (3) The <code>Array</code> object supplied to this constructor cannot
+     * return <code>null</code> for any <code>Array.getArray()</code> methods.
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> cannot serialize null array values.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param array the <code>Array</code> object to be serialized
+     * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object in which
+     *        each entry consists of 1) a <code>String</code> object
+     *        giving the fully qualified name of a UDT (an SQL structured type or
+     *        distinct type) and 2) the
+     *        <code>Class</code> object for the <code>SQLData</code> implementation
+     *        that defines how the UDT is to be mapped. The <i>map</i>
+     *        parameter does not have any effect for <code>Blob</code>,
+     *        <code>Clob</code>, <code>DATALINK</code>, or
+     *        <code>JAVA_OBJECT</code> types.
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs serializing the
+     *        <code>Array</code> object
+     * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or if the
+     *        <i>array</i> or the <i>map</i> values are <code>null</code>
+     */
+     public SerialArray(Array array, Map<String,Class<?>> map)
+         throws SerialException, SQLException
+     {
+
+        if ((array == null) || (map == null)) {
+            throw new SQLException("Cannot instantiate a SerialArray " +
+            "object with null parameters");
+        }
+
+        if ((elements = (Object[])array.getArray()) == null) {
+             throw new SQLException("Invalid Array object. Calls to Array.getArray() " +
+                 "return null value which cannot be serialized");
+         }
+
+        elements = (Object[])array.getArray(map);
+        baseType = array.getBaseType();
+        baseTypeName = array.getBaseTypeName();
+        len = elements.length;
+
+        switch (baseType) {
+            case java.sql.Types.STRUCT:
+                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    elements[i] = new SerialStruct((Struct)elements[i], map);
+                }
+            break;
+
+            case java.sql.Types.ARRAY:
+                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    elements[i] = new SerialArray((Array)elements[i], map);
+                }
+            break;
+
+            case java.sql.Types.BLOB:
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialBlob((Blob)elements[i]);
+            }
+            break;
+
+            case java.sql.Types.CLOB:
+                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    elements[i] = new SerialClob((Clob)elements[i]);
+                }
+            break;
+
+            case java.sql.Types.DATALINK:
+                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    elements[i] = new SerialDatalink((URL)elements[i]);
+                }
+            break;
+
+            case java.sql.Types.JAVA_OBJECT:
+                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialJavaObject(elements[i]);
+            }
+        }
+  }
+
+    /**
+     * This method frees the {@code SerialArray} object and releases the
+     * resources that it holds. The object is invalid once the {@code free}
+     * method is called. <p> If {@code free} is called multiple times, the
+     * subsequent calls to {@code free} are treated as a no-op. </P>
+     *
+     * @throws SQLException if an error occurs releasing the SerialArray's resources
+     * @since 1.6
+     */
+    public void free() throws SQLException {
+        if (elements != null) {
+            elements = null;
+            baseTypeName= null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new <code>SerialArray</code> object from the given
+     * <code>Array</code> object.
+     * <P>
+     * This constructor does not do custom mapping.  If the base type of the array
+     * is an SQL structured type and custom mapping is desired, the constructor
+     * <code>SerialArray(Array array, Map map)</code> should be used.
+     * <P>
+     * The new <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object contains the same elements as the <code>Array</code> object
+     * from which it is built, except when the base type is the SQL type
+     * <code>BLOB</code>,
+     * <code>CLOB</code>, <code>DATALINK</code> or <code>JAVA_OBJECT</code>.
+     * In this case, each element in the new
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> object is the appropriate serialized form,
+     * that is, a <code>SerialBlob</code>, <code>SerialClob</code>,
+     * <code>SerialDatalink</code>, or <code>SerialJavaObject</code> object.
+     * <P>
+     * Note: (1) The <code>Array</code> object from which a <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object is created must have materialized the SQL <code>ARRAY</code> value's
+     * data on the client before it is passed to the constructor.  Otherwise,
+     * the new <code>SerialArray</code> object will contain no data.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: (2) The <code>Array</code> object supplied to this constructor cannot
+     * return <code>null</code> for any <code>Array.getArray()</code> methods.
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> cannot serialize <code>null</code> array values.
+     *
+     * @param array the <code>Array</code> object to be serialized
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs serializing the
+     *     <code>Array</code> object
+     * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or the
+     *     <i>array</i> parameter is <code>null</code>.
+     */
+     public SerialArray(Array array) throws SerialException, SQLException {
+         if (array == null) {
+             throw new SQLException("Cannot instantiate a SerialArray " +
+                 "object with a null Array object");
+         }
+
+         if ((elements = (Object[])array.getArray()) == null) {
+             throw new SQLException("Invalid Array object. Calls to Array.getArray() " +
+                 "return null value which cannot be serialized");
+         }
+
+         //elements = (Object[])array.getArray();
+         baseType = array.getBaseType();
+         baseTypeName = array.getBaseTypeName();
+         len = elements.length;
+
+        switch (baseType) {
+
+        case java.sql.Types.BLOB:
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialBlob((Blob)elements[i]);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case java.sql.Types.CLOB:
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialClob((Clob)elements[i]);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case java.sql.Types.DATALINK:
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialDatalink((URL)elements[i]);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case java.sql.Types.JAVA_OBJECT:
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                elements[i] = new SerialJavaObject(elements[i]);
+            }
+            break;
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array that is a copy of this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object.
+     *
+     * @return a copy of this <code>SerialArray</code> object as an
+     *         <code>Object</code> in the Java programming language
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public Object getArray() throws SerialException {
+        isValid();
+        Object dst = new Object[len];
+        System.arraycopy((Object)elements, 0, dst, 0, len);
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array that is a copy of this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object, using the given type map for the custom
+     * mapping of each element when the elements are SQL UDTs.
+     * <P>
+     * This method does custom mapping if the array elements are a UDT
+     * and the given type map has an entry for that UDT.
+     * Custom mapping is recursive,
+     * meaning that if, for instance, an element of an SQL structured type
+     * is an SQL structured type that itself has an element that is an SQL
+     * structured type, each structured type that has a custom mapping will be
+     * mapped according to the given type map.
+     *
+     * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object in which
+     *        each entry consists of 1) a <code>String</code> object
+     *        giving the fully qualified name of a UDT and 2) the
+     *        <code>Class</code> object for the <code>SQLData</code> implementation
+     *        that defines how the UDT is to be mapped
+     * @return a copy of this <code>SerialArray</code> object as an
+     *         <code>Object</code> in the Java programming language
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public Object getArray(Map<String, Class<?>> map) throws SerialException {
+        isValid();
+        Object dst[] = new Object[len];
+        System.arraycopy((Object)elements, 0, dst, 0, len);
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array that is a copy of a slice
+     * of this <code>SerialArray</code> object, starting with the
+     * element at the given index and containing the given number
+     * of consecutive elements.
+     *
+     * @param index the index into this <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     *              of the first element to be copied;
+     *              the index of the first element is <code>0</code>
+     * @param count the number of consecutive elements to be copied, starting
+     *              at the given index
+     * @return a copy of the designated elements in this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     *         object as an <code>Object</code> in the Java programming language
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public Object getArray(long index, int count) throws SerialException {
+        isValid();
+        Object dst = new Object[count];
+        System.arraycopy((Object)elements, (int)index, dst, 0, count);
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array that is a copy of a slice
+     * of this <code>SerialArray</code> object, starting with the
+     * element at the given index and containing the given number
+     * of consecutive elements.
+     * <P>
+     * This method does custom mapping if the array elements are a UDT
+     * and the given type map has an entry for that UDT.
+     * Custom mapping is recursive,
+     * meaning that if, for instance, an element of an SQL structured type
+     * is an SQL structured type that itself has an element that is an SQL
+     * structured type, each structured type that has a custom mapping will be
+     * mapped according to the given type map.
+     *
+     * @param index the index into this <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     *              of the first element to be copied; the index of the
+     *              first element in the array is <code>0</code>
+     * @param count the number of consecutive elements to be copied, starting
+     *              at the given index
+     * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object in which
+     *        each entry consists of 1) a <code>String</code> object
+     *        giving the fully qualified name of a UDT and 2) the
+     *        <code>Class</code> object for the <code>SQLData</code> implementation
+     *        that defines how the UDT is to be mapped
+     * @return a copy of the designated elements in this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     *         object as an <code>Object</code> in the Java programming language
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public Object getArray(long index, int count, Map<String,Class<?>> map)
+        throws SerialException
+    {
+        isValid();
+        Object dst = new Object[count];
+        System.arraycopy((Object)elements, (int)index, dst, 0, count);
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the SQL type of the elements in this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object.  The <code>int</code> returned is one of the constants in the class
+     * <code>java.sql.Types</code>.
+     *
+     * @return one of the constants in <code>java.sql.Types</code>, indicating
+     *         the SQL type of the elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public int getBaseType() throws SerialException {
+        isValid();
+        return baseType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the DBMS-specific type name for the elements in this
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> object.
+     *
+     * @return the SQL type name used by the DBMS for the base type of this
+     *         <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     * @throws SerialException if an error occurs;
+     * if {@code free} had previously been called on this object
+     */
+    public String getBaseTypeName() throws SerialException {
+        isValid();
+        return baseTypeName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a <code>ResultSet</code> object holding the elements of
+     * the subarray that starts at
+     * index <i>index</i> and contains up to <i>count</i> successive elements.
+     * This method uses the connection's type map to map the elements of
+     * the array if the map contains
+     * an entry for the base type. Otherwise, the standard mapping is used.
+     *
+     * @param index the index into this <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     *         of the first element to be copied; the index of the
+     *         first element in the array is <code>0</code>
+     * @param count the number of consecutive elements to be copied, starting
+     *         at the given index
+     * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing the designated
+     *         elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, with a
+     *         separate row for each element
+     * @throws SerialException if called with the cause set to
+     *         {@code UnsupportedOperationException}
+     */
+    public ResultSet getResultSet(long index, int count) throws SerialException {
+        SerialException se = new SerialException();
+        se.initCause(new UnsupportedOperationException());
+        throw  se;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Retrieves a <code>ResultSet</code> object that contains all of
+     * the elements of the SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
+     * value represented by this <code>SerialArray</code> object. This method uses
+     * the specified map for type map customizations unless the base type of the
+     * array does not match a user-defined type (UDT) in <i>map</i>, in
+     * which case it uses the
+     * standard mapping. This version of the method <code>getResultSet</code>
+     * uses either the given type map or the standard mapping; it never uses the
+     * type map associated with the connection.
+     *
+     * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object in which
+     *        each entry consists of 1) a <code>String</code> object
+     *        giving the fully qualified name of a UDT and 2) the
+     *        <code>Class</code> object for the <code>SQLData</code> implementation
+     *        that defines how the UDT is to be mapped
+     * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing all of the
+     *         elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, with a
+     *         separate row for each element
+     * @throws SerialException if called with the cause set to
+     *         {@code UnsupportedOperationException}
+     */
+    public ResultSet getResultSet(Map<String, Class<?>> map)
+        throws SerialException
+    {
+        SerialException se = new SerialException();
+        se.initCause(new UnsupportedOperationException());
+        throw  se;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a <code>ResultSet</code> object that contains all of
+     * the elements in the <code>ARRAY</code> value that this
+     * <code>SerialArray</code> object represents.
+     * If appropriate, the elements of the array are mapped using the connection's
+     * type map; otherwise, the standard mapping is used.
+     *
+     * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing all of the
+     *         elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, with a
+     *         separate row for each element
+     * @throws SerialException if called with the cause set to
+     *         {@code UnsupportedOperationException}
+     */
+    public ResultSet getResultSet() throws SerialException {
+        SerialException se = new SerialException();
+        se.initCause(new UnsupportedOperationException());
+        throw  se;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that starts at
+     * Retrieves a <code>ResultSet</code> object that contains a subarray of the
+     * elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, starting at
+     * index <i>index</i> and containing up to <i>count</i> successive
+     * elements. This method uses
+     * the specified map for type map customizations unless the base type of the
+     * array does not match a user-defined type (UDT) in <i>map</i>, in
+     * which case it uses the
+     * standard mapping. This version of the method <code>getResultSet</code> uses
+     * either the given type map or the standard mapping; it never uses the type
+     * map associated with the connection.
+     *
+     * @param index the index into this <code>SerialArray</code> object
+     *              of the first element to be copied; the index of the
+     *              first element in the array is <code>0</code>
+     * @param count the number of consecutive elements to be copied, starting
+     *              at the given index
+     * @param map a <code>java.util.Map</code> object in which
+     *        each entry consists of 1) a <code>String</code> object
+     *        giving the fully qualified name of a UDT and 2) the
+     *        <code>Class</code> object for the <code>SQLData</code> implementation
+     *        that defines how the UDT is to be mapped
+     * @return a <code>ResultSet</code> object containing the designated
+     *         elements in this <code>SerialArray</code> object, with a
+     *         separate row for each element
+     * @throws SerialException if called with the cause set to
+     *         {@code UnsupportedOperationException}
+     */
+    public ResultSet getResultSet(long index, int count,
+                                  Map<String,Class<?>> map)
+        throws SerialException
+    {
+        SerialException se = new SerialException();
+        se.initCause(new UnsupportedOperationException());
+        throw  se;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Compares this SerialArray to the specified object.  The result is {@code
+     * true} if and only if the argument is not {@code null} and is a {@code
+     * SerialArray} object whose elements are identical to this object's elements
+     *
+     * @param  obj The object to compare this {@code SerialArray} against
+     *
+     * @return  {@code true} if the given object represents a {@code SerialArray}
+     *          equivalent to this SerialArray, {@code false} otherwise
+     *
+     */
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (obj instanceof SerialArray) {
+            SerialArray sa = (SerialArray)obj;
+            return baseType == sa.baseType &&
+                    baseTypeName.equals(sa.baseTypeName) &&
+                    Arrays.equals(elements, sa.elements);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code for this SerialArray. The hash code for a
+     * {@code SerialArray} object is computed using the hash codes
+     * of the elements of the  {@code SerialArray} object
+     *
+     * @return  a hash code value for this object.
+     */
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return (((31 + Arrays.hashCode(elements)) * 31 + len)  * 31 +
+                baseType) * 31 + baseTypeName.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a clone of this {@code SerialArray}. The copy will contain a
+     * reference to a clone of the underlying objects array, not a reference
+     * to the original underlying object array of this {@code SerialArray} object.
+     *
+     * @return a clone of this SerialArray
+     */
+    public Object clone() {
+        try {
+            SerialArray sa = (SerialArray) super.clone();
+            sa.elements = (elements != null) ? Arrays.copyOf(elements, len) : null;
+            return sa;
+        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
+            // this shouldn't happen, since we are Cloneable
+            throw new InternalError();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * readObject is called to restore the state of the {@code SerialArray} from
+     * a stream.
+     */
+    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
+            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+
+       ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
+       Object[] tmp = (Object[])fields.get("elements", null);
+       if (tmp == null)
+           throw new InvalidObjectException("elements is null and should not be!");
+       elements = tmp.clone();
+       len = fields.get("len", 0);
+       if(elements.length != len)
+           throw new InvalidObjectException("elements is not the expected size");
+
+       baseType = fields.get("baseType", 0);
+       baseTypeName = (String)fields.get("baseTypeName", null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * writeObject is called to save the state of the {@code SerialArray}
+     * to a stream.
+     */
+    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s)
+            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+
+        ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = s.putFields();
+        fields.put("elements", elements);
+        fields.put("len", len);
+        fields.put("baseType", baseType);
+        fields.put("baseTypeName", baseTypeName);
+        s.writeFields();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check to see if this object had previously had its {@code free} method
+     * called
+     *
+     * @throws SerialException
+     */
+    private void isValid() throws SerialException {
+        if (elements == null) {
+            throw new SerialException("Error: You cannot call a method on a "
+                    + "SerialArray instance once free() has been called.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The identifier that assists in the serialization of this <code>SerialArray</code>
+     * object.
+     */
+    static final long serialVersionUID = -8466174297270688520L;
+}