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17 
18 package java.sql;
19 
20 import java.util.Map;
21 
22 /**
23  * An interface which provides facilities for manipulating an SQL structured type
24  * as a Java object. The {@code Struct} object has a value for each attribute of the SQL structured
25  * type.
26  */
27 public interface Struct {
28 
29     /**
30      * Gets the SQL Type name of the SQL structured type that this {@code
31      * Struct} represents.
32      *
33      * @return the fully qualified name of SQL structured type.
34      * @throws SQLException
35      *             if a database error occurs.
36      */
getSQLTypeName()37     public String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException;
38 
39     /**
40      * Gets the values of the attributes of this SQL structured type. This
41      * method uses the type map associated with the {@link Connection} for
42      * customized type mappings. Where there is no entry in the type mapping
43      * which matches this structured type, the JDBC driver uses the standard
44      * mapping.
45      *
46      * @return an {@code Object} array containing the ordered attributes.
47      * @throws SQLException
48      *             if a database error occurs.
49      */
getAttributes()50     public Object[] getAttributes() throws SQLException;
51 
52     /**
53      * Gets the values of the attributes of this SQL structured type. This
54      * method uses the supplied type mapping to determine how to map SQL types
55      * to their corresponding Java objects. In the
56      * case where there is no entry in the type mapping which matches this
57      * structured type, the JDBC driver uses the default mapping. The {@code
58      * Connection} type map is <i>never</i> utilized by this method.
59      *
60      * @param theMap
61      *            a Map describing how SQL Type names are mapped to classes.
62      * @return an Object array containing the ordered attributes,.
63      * @throws SQLException
64      *             if a database error occurs.
65      */
getAttributes(Map<String, Class<?>> theMap)66     public Object[] getAttributes(Map<String, Class<?>> theMap)
67             throws SQLException;
68 }
69