3677      *
3678      * @return {@code true} if this database supports REF CURSOR;
3679      *         {@code false} otherwise
3680      * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
3681      * @since 1.8
3682      */
3683     default boolean supportsRefCursors() throws SQLException{
3684         return false;
3685     }
3686 
3687     // JDBC 4.3
3688 
3689     /**
3690      * Retrieves whether this database supports sharding.
3691      * @implSpec
3692      * The default implementation will return {@code false}
3693      *
3694      * @return {@code true} if this database supports sharding;
3695      *         {@code false} otherwise
3696      * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
3697      * @since 1.9
3698      */
3699     default boolean supportsSharding() throws SQLException {
3700         return false;
3701     }
3702 }

3677      *
3678      * @return {@code true} if this database supports REF CURSOR;
3679      *         {@code false} otherwise
3680      * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
3681      * @since 1.8
3682      */
3683     default boolean supportsRefCursors() throws SQLException{
3684         return false;
3685     }
3686 
3687     // JDBC 4.3
3688 
3689     /**
3690      * Retrieves whether this database supports sharding.
3691      * @implSpec
3692      * The default implementation will return {@code false}
3693      *
3694      * @return {@code true} if this database supports sharding;
3695      *         {@code false} otherwise
3696      * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
3697      * @since 9
3698      */
3699     default boolean supportsSharding() throws SQLException {
3700         return false;
3701     }
3702 }