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 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbc {

 published interface XSQLInput;
 published interface XSQLOutput;


/** is used for the custom mapping of SQL user-defined types.


    <p>
    This interface must be implemented by a service that is
    registered in a type mapping.  It is expected that this interface
    will normally be implemented by a tool. The methods in this interface
    are called by the driver and are never called by a programmer
    directly.
    </p>
 */
published interface XSQLData: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{

    /** returns the fully-qualified name of the SQL user-defined type
        that this object represents.


        <p>
        This method is called by the SDBC driver to get the name of the
        UDT instance that is being mapped to this instance of SQLData.
        </p>
        @returns
            the name of the SQL type.
        @throws SQLException
            if a database access error occurs.
     */
    string getSQLTypeName() raises (SQLException);


    /** populates this object with data read from the database.


        <p>
        The implementation of the method must follow this protocol:
        <br/>
        It must read each of the attributes or elements of the SQL
        type from the given input stream. This is done
        by calling a method of the input stream to read each
        item, in the order that they appear in the SQL definition
        of the type. The method
        <code>readSQL</code>
        then assigns the data to appropriate fields or elements (of this
        or other objects).
        <br/>
        Specifically, it must call the appropriate
        <code>XSQLInput.readXXX</code>
        method(s) to do the following:
        for a Distinct Type, read its single data element;
        for a Structured Type, read a value for each attribute of the SQL type.
        </p>
        <p>
        The SDBC driver initializes the input stream with a type map
        before calling this method, which is used by the appropriate
        <code>SQLInput.readXXX</code>
        method on the stream.
        </p>

        @param stream
            the input SQL data stream
        @param typeName
            the SQL type of the value on the data stream
        @throws SQLException
            if a database access error occurs.

        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XSQLInput
     */
    void readSQL([in]XSQLInput stream, [in]string typeName)
        raises (SQLException);

    /** writes this object to the given SQL data stream.


        <p>
        The implementation of the method must follow this protocol:
        <br/>
        It must write each of the attributes of the SQL type to the given output
        stream. This is done by calling a method of the output stream to write
        each item, in the order that they appear in the SQL definition of the type.
        Specifically, it must call the appropriate
        <code>XSQLOutput.writeXXX</code>
        method(s) to do the following:<br>
        for a Distinct Type, write its single data element;
        for a Structured Type, write a value for each attribute of the SQL type.
        </p>
        @param stream
            the output SQL data stream
        @throws SQLException
            if a database access error occurs.
        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XSQLOutput
     */
    void writeSQL([in]XSQLOutput stream) raises (SQLException);
};


}; }; }; };

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