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-/* Blob.java -- Access a SQL Binary Large OBject.
- 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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-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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-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;
-
-/**
- * This interface specified methods for accessing a SQL BLOB (Binary
- * Large OBject) type.
- *
- * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
- */
-public interface Blob
-{
-
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-/**
- * This method returns the number of bytes in the BLOB.
- *
- * @return The number of bytes in the BLOB.
- *
- * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
- */
-public abstract long
-length() throws SQLException;
-
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-/**
- * This method returns up to the requested bytes of this BLOB as a
- * <code>byte</code> array.
- *
- * @param offset The index into the BLOB to start returning bytes from.
- * @param length The requested number of bytes to return.
- *
- * @return The requested bytes from the BLOB.
- *
- * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
- */
-public abstract byte[]
-getBytes(long offset, int length) throws SQLException;
-
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-/**
- * This method returns a stream that will read the bytes of the BLOB.
- *
- * @return A stream that will read the bytes of the BLOB.
- *
- * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
- */
-public abstract InputStream
-getBinaryStream() throws SQLException;
-
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-/**
- * This method returns the index into the BLOB at which the first instance
- * of the specified bytes occur. The searching starts at the specified
- * index into the BLOB.
- *
- * @param pattern The byte pattern to search for.
- * @param offset The index into the BLOB to starting searching for the pattern.
- *
- * @return The offset at which the pattern is first found, or -1 if the
- * pattern is not found.
- *
- * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
- */
-public abstract long
-position(byte[] pattern, long offset) throws SQLException;
-
-/*************************************************************************/
-
-/**
- * This method returns the index into the BLOB at which the first instance
- * of the specified pattern occurs. The searching starts at the specified
- * index into this BLOB. The bytes in the specified <code>Blob</code> are
- * used as the search pattern.
- *
- * @param pattern The <code>Blob</code> containing the byte pattern to
- * search for.
- * @param offset The index into the BLOB to starting searching for the pattern.
- *
- * @return The offset at which the pattern is first found, or -1 if the
- * pattern is not found.
- *
- * @exception SQLException If an error occurs.
- */
-public abstract long
-position(Blob pattern, long offset) throws SQLException;
-
-} // interface Blob
-