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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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+ */
+
+package java.sql;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * The representation (mapping) in the Java programming language of an SQL ROWID
+ * value. An SQL ROWID is a built-in type, a value of which can be thought of as
+ * an address for its identified row in a database table. Whether that address
+ * is logical or, in any respects, physical is determined by its originating data
+ * source.
+ * <p>
+ * Methods in the interfaces <code>ResultSet</code>, <code>CallableStatement</code>,
+ * and <code>PreparedStatement</code>, such as <code>getRowId</code> and <code>setRowId</code>
+ * allow a programmer to access a SQL <code>ROWID</code> value. The <code>RowId</code>
+ * interface provides a method
+ * for representing the value of the <code>ROWID</code> as a byte array or as a
+ * <code>String</code>.
+ * <p>
+ * The method <code>getRowIdLifetime</code> in the interface <code>DatabaseMetaData</code>,
+ * can be used
+ * to determine if a <code>RowId</code> object remains valid for the duration of the transaction in
+ * which the <code>RowId</code> was created, the duration of the session in which
+ * the <code>RowId</code> was created,
+ * or, effectively, for as long as its identified row is not deleted. In addition
+ * to specifying the duration of its valid lifetime outside its originating data
+ * source, <code>getRowIdLifetime</code> specifies the duration of a <code>ROWID</code>
+ * value's valid lifetime
+ * within its originating data source. In this, it differs from a large object,
+ * because there is no limit on the valid lifetime of a large object within its
+ * originating data source.
+ * <p>
+ * All methods on the <code>RowId</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
+ * JDBC driver supports the data type.
+ *
+ * @see java.sql.DatabaseMetaData
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+
+public interface RowId {
+ /**
+ * Compares this <code>RowId</code> to the specified object. The result is
+ * <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not null and is a RowId
+ * object that represents the same ROWID as this object.
+ * <p>
+ * It is important
+ * to consider both the origin and the valid lifetime of a <code>RowId</code>
+ * when comparing it to another <code>RowId</code>. If both are valid, and
+ * both are from the same table on the same data source, then if they are equal
+ * they identify
+ * the same row; if one or more is no longer guaranteed to be valid, or if
+ * they originate from different data sources, or different tables on the
+ * same data source, they may be equal but still
+ * not identify the same row.
+ *
+ * @param obj the <code>Object</code> to compare this <code>RowId</code> object
+ * against.
+ * @return true if the <code>RowId</code>s are equal; false otherwise
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+ boolean equals(Object obj);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an array of bytes representing the value of the SQL <code>ROWID</code>
+ * designated by this <code>java.sql.RowId</code> object.
+ *
+ * @return an array of bytes, whose length is determined by the driver supplying
+ * the connection, representing the value of the ROWID designated by this
+ * java.sql.RowId object.
+ */
+ byte[] getBytes();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a String representing the value of the SQL ROWID designated by this
+ * <code>java.sql.RowId</code> object.
+ * <p>
+ *Like <code>java.sql.Date.toString()</code>
+ * returns the contents of its DATE as the <code>String</code> "2004-03-17"
+ * rather than as DATE literal in SQL (which would have been the <code>String</code>
+ * DATE "2004-03-17"), toString()
+ * returns the contents of its ROWID in a form specific to the driver supplying
+ * the connection, and possibly not as a <code>ROWID</code> literal.
+ *
+ * @return a String whose format is determined by the driver supplying the
+ * connection, representing the value of the <code>ROWID</code> designated
+ * by this <code>java.sql.RowId</code> object.
+ */
+ String toString();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a hash code value of this <code>RowId</code> object.
+ *
+ * @return a hash code for the <code>RowId</code>
+ */
+ int hashCode();
+
+}