triggerexecutioncontext.java

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/*

   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.db.TriggerExecutionContext

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package org.apache.derby.iapi.db;

import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import org.apache.derby.catalog.UUID;

/**
 * A trigger execution context holds information that is
 * available from the context of a trigger invocation.
 */
public interface TriggerExecutionContext
{
	/**
	 * Return value from </I>getEventType()</I> for
	 * an update trigger.
	 */ 
	public static final int UPDATE_EVENT	= 1;

	/**
	 * Return value from </I>getEventType()</I> for
	 * a delete trigger.
	 */ 
	public static final int DELETE_EVENT	= 2;

	/**
	 * Return value from </I>getEventType()</I> for
	 * an insert trigger.
	 */ 
	public static final int INSERT_EVENT	= 3;


	/**
	 * Get the target table name upon which the 
	 * trigger event is declared.
	 *
	 * @return the target table
	 */
	public String getTargetTableName();

	/**
	 * Get the target table UUID upon which the 
	 * trigger event is declared.
	 *
	 * @return the uuid of the target table
	 */
	public UUID getTargetTableId();

	/**
	 * Get the type for the event that caused the
	 * trigger to fire.
	 *
	 * @return the event type (e.g. UPDATE_EVENT)
	 */
	public int getEventType();

	/**
	 * Get the text of the statement that caused the
	 * trigger to fire.
	 *
	 * @return the statement text.
	 */
	public String getEventStatementText();

	/**
	 * Get the columns that have been modified by the statement
	 * that caused this trigger to fire.  If all columns are
	 * modified, will return null (e.g. for INSERT or DELETE
	 * return null).
	 *
	 * @return an array of Strings
	 */
	public String[] getModifiedColumns();

	/**
	 * Find out if a column was changed, by column name.
	 *
	 * @param columnName the column to check
 	 *
	 * @return true if the column was modified by this statement.
	 * Note that this will always return true for INSERT
	 * and DELETE regardless of the column name passed in.
	 */
	public boolean wasColumnModified(String columnName);

	/**
	 * Find out if a column was changed, by column number
	 *
	 * @param columnNumber the column to check
 	 *
	 * @return true if the column was modified by this statement.
	 * Note that this will always return true for INSERT
	 * and DELETE regardless of the column name passed in.
	 */
	public boolean wasColumnModified(int columnNumber);

	/**
	 * Returns a result set of the old (before) images of the changed rows.
	 * For a row trigger, this result set will have a single row.  For
	 * a statement trigger, this result set has every row that has
	 * changed or will change.  If a statement trigger does not affect 
	 * a row, then the result set will be empty (i.e. ResultSet.next()
	 * will return false).
	 * <p>
	 * Will return null if the call is inapplicable for the trigger
	 * that is currently executing.  For example, will return null if called
	 * during a the firing of an INSERT trigger.
	 *
	 * @return the ResultSet containing before images of the rows 
	 * changed by the triggering event.  May return null.
	 *
	 * @exception SQLException if called after the triggering event has
	 * completed
	 */
	public ResultSet getOldRowSet() throws SQLException;

	/**
	 * Returns a result set of the new (after) images of the changed rows.
	 * For a row trigger, this result set will have a single row.  For
	 * a statement trigger, this result set has every row that has
	 * changed or will change.  If a statement trigger does not affect 
	 * a row, then the result set will be empty (i.e. ResultSet.next()
	 * will return false).
	 * <p>
	 * Will return null if the call is inapplicable for the trigger
	 * that is currently executing.  For example, will return null if 
	 * called during the firing of a DELETE trigger.
	 *
	 * @return the ResultSet containing after images of the rows 
	 * changed by the triggering event.  May return null.
	 *
	 * @exception SQLException if called after the triggering event has
	 * completed
	 */
	public ResultSet getNewRowSet() throws SQLException;

	/**
	 * Like getOldRowSet(), but returns a result set positioned
	 * on the first row of the before (old) result set.  Used as a convenience
	 * to get a column for a row trigger.  Equivalent to getOldRowSet()
	 * followed by next().
	 * <p>
	 * Will return null if the call is inapplicable for the trigger
	 * that is currently executing.  For example, will return null if called
	 * during a the firing of an INSERT trigger.
	 *
	 * @return the ResultSet positioned on the old row image.  May
	 * return null.
	 *
	 * @exception SQLException if called after the triggering event has
	 * completed
	 */
	public ResultSet getOldRow() throws SQLException;

	/**
	 * Like getNewRowSet(), but returns a result set positioned
	 * on the first row of the after (new) result set.  Used as a convenience
	 * to get a column for a row trigger.  Equivalent to getNewRowSet()
	 * followed by next().
	 * <p>
	 * Will return null if the call is inapplicable for the trigger
	 * that is currently executing.  For example, will return null if 
	 * called during the firing of a DELETE trigger.
	 *
	 * @return the ResultSet positioned on the new row image.  May
	 * return null.
	 *
	 * @exception SQLException if called after the triggering event has
	 * completed
	 */
	public ResultSet getNewRow() throws SQLException;
}