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-/* Clob.java -- Access Character Large OBjects
- Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-This file is part of GNU Classpath.
-
-GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-any later version.
-
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-
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-Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
-02111-1307 USA.
-
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-combination.
-
-As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
-permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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-modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
-terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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-module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
-or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
-this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
-obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
-exception statement from your version. */
-
-
-package java.sql;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.Reader;
-
-/**
- * This interface contains methods for accessing a SQL CLOB (Character
- * Large OBject) type.
- *
- * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
- */
-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.
- */
-public abstract 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.
- */
-public abstract String
-getSubString(long offset, int length) 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.
- */
-public abstract InputStream
-getAsciiStream() 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.
- */
-public abstract Reader
-getCharacterStream() 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 pattern The character pattern to search for, passed as a
- * <code>String</code>.
- * @param offset. 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.
- */
-public abstract long
-position(String pattern, long offset) 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 pattern The character pattern to search for, passed as a
- * <code>Clob</code>.
- * @param offset. 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.
- */
-public abstract long
-position(Clob pattern, long offset) throws SQLException;
-
-} // interface Clob
-