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package java.sql;

/**

 * <p>Driver properties for making a connection. The

 * <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> class is of interest only to advanced programmers

 * who need to interact with a Driver via the method

 * <code>getDriverProperties</code> to discover

 * and supply properties for connections.

 *

 * @since 1.1

 */

public class DriverPropertyInfo {

    /**

     * Constructs a <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> object with a  given

     * name and value.  The <code>description</code> and <code>choices</code>

     * are initialized to <code>null</code> and <code>required</code> is initialized

     * to <code>false</code>.

     *

     * @param name the name of the property

     * @param value the current value, which may be null

     */

    public DriverPropertyInfo(String name, String value) {

        this.name = name;

        this.value = value;

    }

    /**

     * The name of the property.

     */

    public String name;

    /**

     * A brief description of the property, which may be null.

     */

    public String description = null;

    /**

     * The <code>required</code> field is <code>true</code> if a value must be

         * supplied for this property

     * during <code>Driver.connect</code> and <code>false</code> otherwise.

     */

    public boolean required = false;

    /**

     * The <code>value</code> field specifies the current value of

         * the property, based on a combination of the information

         * supplied to the method <code>getPropertyInfo</code>, the

     * Java environment, and the driver-supplied default values.  This field

     * may be null if no value is known.

     */

    public String value = null;

    /**

     * An array of possible values if the value for the field

         * <code>DriverPropertyInfo.value</code> may be selected

         * from a particular set of values; otherwise null.

     */

    public String[] choices = null;

}