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25
26 package java.sql;
27
28 import java.util.logging.Logger;
29
30 /**
31 * The interface that every driver class must implement.
32 * <P>The Java SQL framework allows for multiple database drivers.
33 *
34 * <P>Each driver should supply a class that implements
35 * the Driver interface.
36 *
37 * <P>The DriverManager will try to load as many drivers as it can
38 * find and then for any given connection request, it will ask each
39 * driver in turn to try to connect to the target URL.
40 *
41 * <P>It is strongly recommended that each Driver class should be
42 * small and standalone so that the Driver class can be loaded and
43 * queried without bringing in vast quantities of supporting code.
44 *
45 * <P>When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of
46 * itself and register it with the DriverManager. This means that a
47 * user can load and register a driver by calling
48 * <pre>
49 * <code>Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver")</code>
50 * </pre>
51 *
52 * @see DriverManager
53 * @see Connection
54 */
55 public interface Driver {
56
57 /**
58 * Attempts to make a database connection to the given URL.
59 * The driver should return "null" if it realizes it is the wrong kind
60 * of driver to connect to the given URL. This will be common, as when
61 * the JDBC driver manager is asked to connect to a given URL it passes
62 * the URL to each loaded driver in turn.
63 *
64 * <P>The driver should throw an <code>SQLException</code> if it is the right
65 * driver to connect to the given URL but has trouble connecting to
66 * the database.
67 *
68 * <P>The {@code Properties} argument can be used to pass
69 * arbitrary string tag/value pairs as connection arguments.
70 * Normally at least "user" and "password" properties should be
71 * included in the {@code Properties} object.
72 * <p>
73 * <B>Note:</B> If a property is specified as part of the {@code url} and
74 * is also specified in the {@code Properties} object, it is
75 * implementation-defined as to which value will take precedence. For
76 * maximum portability, an application should only specify a property once.
77 *
78 * @param url the URL of the database to which to connect
79 * @param info a list of arbitrary string tag/value pairs as
80 * connection arguments. Normally at least a "user" and
81 * "password" property should be included.
82 * @return a <code>Connection</code> object that represents a
83 * connection to the URL
84 * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs or the url is
85 * {@code null}
86 */
87 Connection connect(String url, java.util.Properties info)
88 throws SQLException;
89
90 /**
91 * Retrieves whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection
92 * to the given URL. Typically drivers will return <code>true</code> if they
93 * understand the sub-protocol specified in the URL and <code>false</code> if
94 * they do not.
95 *
96 * @param url the URL of the database
97 * @return <code>true</code> if this driver understands the given URL;
98 * <code>false</code> otherwise
99 * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs or the url is
100 * {@code null}
101 */
102 boolean acceptsURL(String url) throws SQLException;
103
104
105 /**
106 * Gets information about the possible properties for this driver.
107 * <P>
108 * The <code>getPropertyInfo</code> method is intended to allow a generic
109 * GUI tool to discover what properties it should prompt
110 * a human for in order to get
111 * enough information to connect to a database. Note that depending on
112 * the values the human has supplied so far, additional values may become
113 * necessary, so it may be necessary to iterate though several calls
114 * to the <code>getPropertyInfo</code> method.
115 *
116 * @param url the URL of the database to which to connect
117 * @param info a proposed list of tag/value pairs that will be sent on
118 * connect open
119 * @return an array of <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> objects describing
120 * possible properties. This array may be an empty array if
121 * no properties are required.
122 * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
123 */
124 DriverPropertyInfo[] getPropertyInfo(String url, java.util.Properties info)
125 throws SQLException;
126
127
128 /**
129 * Retrieves the driver's major version number. Initially this should be 1.
130 *
131 * @return this driver's major version number
132 */
133 int getMajorVersion();
134
135 /**
136 * Gets the driver's minor version number. Initially this should be 0.
137 * @return this driver's minor version number
138 */
139 int getMinorVersion();
140
141
142 /**
143 * Reports whether this driver is a genuine JDBC
144 * Compliant<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> driver.
145 * A driver may only report <code>true</code> here if it passes the JDBC
146 * compliance tests; otherwise it is required to return <code>false</code>.
147 * <P>
148 * JDBC compliance requires full support for the JDBC API and full support
149 * for SQL 92 Entry Level. It is expected that JDBC compliant drivers will
150 * be available for all the major commercial databases.
151 * <P>
152 * This method is not intended to encourage the development of non-JDBC
153 * compliant drivers, but is a recognition of the fact that some vendors
154 * are interested in using the JDBC API and framework for lightweight
155 * databases that do not support full database functionality, or for
156 * special databases such as document information retrieval where a SQL
157 * implementation may not be feasible.
158 * @return <code>true</code> if this driver is JDBC Compliant; <code>false</code>
159 * otherwise
160 */
161 boolean jdbcCompliant();
162
163 //------------------------- JDBC 4.1 -----------------------------------
164
165 /**
166 * Return the parent Logger of all the Loggers used by this driver. This
167 * should be the Logger farthest from the root Logger that is
168 * still an ancestor of all of the Loggers used by this driver. Configuring
169 * this Logger will affect all of the log messages generated by the driver.
170 * In the worst case, this may be the root Logger.
171 *
172 * @return the parent Logger for this driver
173 * @throws SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the driver does not use <code>java.util.logging<code>.
174 * @since 1.7
175 */
176 public Logger getParentLogger() throws SQLFeatureNotSupportedException;
177 }