clob.java

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/* Clob.java -- Access Character Large OBjects
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package java.sql;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * This interface contains methods for accessing a SQL CLOB (Character
 * Large OBject) type.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn ([e-mail])
 */
public interface Clob 
{
 /**
  * This method returns the number of characters in the CLOB.
  *
  * @return The number of characters in the CLOB.
  * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
  * @since 1.2
  */
  public long length() throws SQLException;

  /**
   * This method returns the specified portion of the CLOB as a 
   * <code>String</code>. 
   *
   * @param offset The index into the CLOB (index values start at 1) to 
   *        start returning characters from.
   * @param length The requested number of characters to return.
   * @return The requested CLOB section, as a <code>String</code>.
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public String getSubString(long pos, int length) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * This method returns a character stream that reads the contents of the
   * CLOB.
   *
   * @return A character stream to read the CLOB's contents.
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public Reader getCharacterStream() throws SQLException;

  /**
   * This method returns a byte stream that reads the contents of the
   * CLOB as a series of ASCII bytes.
   *
   * @return A stream to read the CLOB's contents.
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public InputStream getAsciiStream() throws SQLException;

  /**
   * This method returns the index into the CLOB of the first occurrence of
   * the specified character pattern (supplied by the caller as a
   * <code>String</code>).  The search begins at the specified index.
   *
   * @param searchstr The character pattern to search for, passed as a
   *        <code>String</code>.
   * @param start.  The index into the CLOB to start search (indexes start
   *        at 1).
   * @return The index at which the pattern was found (indexes start at 1),
   *         or -1 if the pattern was not found.
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public long position(String searchstr, long start) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * This method returns the index into the CLOB of the first occurrence of
   * the specified character pattern (supplied by the caller as a
   * <code>Clob</code>).  The search begins at the specified index.
   *
   * @param searchstr The character pattern to search for, passed as a
   *        <code>Clob</code>.
   * @param start.  The index into the CLOB to start search (indexes start
   *        at 1).
   * @return The index at which the pattern was found (indexes start at 1),
   *         or -1 if the pattern was not found.
   * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public long position(Clob searchstr, long start) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public int setString(long pos, String str) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public int setString(long pos, String str, int offset, int len)
    throws SQLException;

  /**
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public OutputStream setAsciiStream(long pos) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public Writer setCharacterStream(long pos) throws SQLException;

  /**
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public void truncate(long len) throws SQLException;
}