Source code: javatools/db/DbResult.java
1 /*
2 Javatools (modified version) - Some useful general classes.
3 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Chris Bitmead (original) Antonio Petrelli (modified)
4
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18
19 Contact me at: brenmcguire@users.sourceforge.net
20 */
21 package javatools.db;
22 import java.util.*;
23 import java.sql.*;
24 import javatools.util.Compare;
25 import javatools.util.SubstituteVariable;
26 /**
27 * A class representing tabular data. Could be a real database table or the
28 * result of a SELECT.
29 *
30 * @author Antonio Petrelli
31 * @created 30 March 2003
32 * @version 0.2.0
33 */
34
35 public interface DbResult {
36
37 /**
38 * Return an iterator to iterate over the rows in this table. <P>
39 *
40 * BUGS: Currently you can only iterate over a table that was returned from a
41 * DbSelector.
42 *
43 * @return The requested iterator.
44 */
45 public abstract DbIterator iterator();
46
47 /** Closes this table.
48 * @throws DbException If something goes wrong.
49 */
50 public abstract void close() throws DbException;
51 }