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-Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a
-data source (usually a relational database) using the
-Java™ programming language.
-This API includes a framework whereby different
-drivers can be installed dynamically to access different data sources.
-Although the JDBC™ API is mainly geared
-to passing SQL statements to a database, it provides for reading and
-writing data from any data source with a tabular format.
-The reader/writer facility, available through the
-<code>javax.sql.RowSet</code> group of interfaces, can be customized to
-use and update data from a spread sheet, flat file, or any other tabular
-data source.
-
-<h2>What the JDBC™ 4.3 API Includes</h2>
-The JDBC™ 4.3 API includes both
-the <code>java.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC core API,
-and the <code>javax.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC Optional
-Package API. This complete JDBC API
-is included in the Java™ Standard Edition (Java SE™), version 7.
-The <code>javax.sql</code> package extends the functionality of the JDBC API
-from a client-side API to a server-side API, and it is an essential part
-of the Java™ Enterprise Edition
-(Java EE™) technology.
-
-<h2>Versions</h2>
-The JDBC 4.3 API incorporates all of the previous JDBC API versions:
-<UL>
- <LI> The JDBC 4.2 API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 4.1 API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 4.0 API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 3.0 API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 2.1 core API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 2.0 Optional Package API<br>
- (Note that the JDBC 2.1 core API and the JDBC 2.0 Optional Package
- API together are referred to as the JDBC 2.0 API.)</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 1.2 API</li>
- <LI> The JDBC 1.0 API</li>
-</UL>
-<P>
-Classes, interfaces, methods, fields, constructors, and exceptions
-have the following "since" tags that indicate when they were introduced
-into the Java platform. When these "since" tags are used in
-Javadoc™ comments for the JDBC API,
-they indicate the following:
-<UL>
- <LI>Since 9 -- new in the JDBC 4.3 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 9</li>
- <LI>Since 1.8 -- new in the JDBC 4.2 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 8</li>
- <LI>Since 1.7 -- new in the JDBC 4.1 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 7</li>
-<LI>Since 1.6 -- new in the JDBC 4.0 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 6</li>
- <LI>Since 1.4 -- new in the JDBC 3.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
- version 1.4</li>
- <LI>Since 1.2 -- new in the JDBC 2.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
- version 1.2</li>
- <LI>Since 1.1 or no "since" tag -- in the original JDBC 1.0 API and part of
- the JDK™, version 1.1</li>
-</UL>
-<P>
-<b>NOTE:</b> Many of the new features are optional; consequently, there is
-some variation in drivers and the features they support. Always
-check your driver's documentation to see whether it supports a feature before
-you try to use it.
-<P>
-<b>NOTE:</b> The class <code>SQLPermission</code> was added in the
-Java™ 2 SDK, Standard Edition,
-version 1.3 release. This class is used to prevent unauthorized
-access to the logging stream associated with the <code>DriverManager</code>,
-which may contain information such as table names, column data, and so on.
-
-<h2>What the <code>java.sql</code> Package Contains</h2>
-The <code>java.sql</code> package contains API for the following:
-<UL>
- <LI>Making a connection with a database via the <code>DriverManager</code> facility
- <UL>
- <LI><code>DriverManager</code> class -- makes a connection with a driver
- <LI><code>SQLPermission</code> class -- provides permission when code
- running within a Security Manager, such as an applet,
- attempts to set up a logging stream through the
- <code>DriverManager</code>
- <LI><code>Driver</code> interface -- provides the API for registering
- and connecting drivers based on JDBC technology ("JDBC drivers");
- generally used only by the <code>DriverManager</code> class
- <LI><code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> class -- provides properties for a
- JDBC driver; not used by the general user
- </UL>
- <LI>Sending SQL statements to a database
- <UL>
- <LI><code>Statement</code> -- used to send basic SQL statements
- <LI><code>PreparedStatement</code> -- used to send prepared statements or
- basic SQL statements (derived from <code>Statement</code>)
- <LI><code>CallableStatement</code> -- used to call database stored
- procedures (derived from <code>PreparedStatement</code>)
- <LI><code>Connection</code> interface -- provides methods for creating
- statements and managing connections and their properties
- <LI><code>Savepoint</code> -- provides savepoints in a transaction
-
- </UL>
- <LI>Retrieving and updating the results of a query
- <UL>
- <LI><code>ResultSet</code> interface
- </UL>
- <LI>Standard mappings for SQL types to classes and interfaces in the
- Java programming language
- <UL>
- <LI><code>Array</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
- <LI><code>Blob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>BLOB</code>
- <LI><code>Clob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>CLOB</code>
- <LI><code>Date</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>DATE</code>
- <LI><code>NClob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>NCLOB</code>
- <LI><code>Ref</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>REF</code>
- <LI><code>RowId</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>ROWID</code>
- <LI><code>Struct</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>STRUCT</code>
- <LI><code>SQLXML</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>XML</code>
- <LI><code>Time</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>TIME</code>
- <LI><code>Timestamp</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>TIMESTAMP</code>
- <LI><code>Types</code> class -- provides constants for SQL types
- </UL>
- <LI>Custom mapping an SQL user-defined type (UDT) to a class in the
- Java programming language
- <UL>
- <LI><code>SQLData</code> interface -- specifies the mapping of
- a UDT to an instance of this class
- <LI><code>SQLInput</code> interface -- provides methods for reading
- UDT attributes from a stream
- <LI><code>SQLOutput</code> interface -- provides methods for writing
- UDT attributes back to a stream
- </UL>
- <LI>Metadata
- <UL>
- <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
- about the database
- <LI><code>ResultSetMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
- about the columns of a <code>ResultSet</code> object
- <LI><code>ParameterMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
- about the parameters to <code>PreparedStatement</code> commands
- </UL>
- <LI>Exceptions
- <UL>
- <LI><code>SQLException</code> -- thrown by most methods when there
- is a problem accessing data and by some methods for other reasons
- <LI><code>SQLWarning</code> -- thrown to indicate a warning
- <LI><code>DataTruncation</code> -- thrown to indicate that data may have
- been truncated
- <LI><code>BatchUpdateException</code> -- thrown to indicate that not all
- commands in a batch update executed successfully
- </UL>
-</UL>
-
- <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.3 API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>Added <code>Sharding</code> support</LI>
- <LI>Enhanced <code>Connection</code> to be able to provide hints
- to the driver that a request, an independent unit of work,
- is beginning or ending</LI>
- <LI>Enhanced <code>DatabaseMetaData</code> to determine if Sharding is
- supported</LI>
- <LI>Added the method <code>drivers</code> to <code>DriverManager</code>
- to return a Stream of the currently loaded and
- available JDBC drivers</LI>
- <LI>Added support to <code>Statement</code> for enquoting literals
- and simple identifiers</LI>
- <LI>Clarified the Java SE version that methods were deprecated</LI>
-</UL>
-
- <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.2 API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>Added <code>JDBCType</code> enum and <code>SQLType</code> interface</li>
- <LI>Support for <code>REF CURSORS</code> in <code>CallableStatement</code>
- </LI>
- <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> methods to return maximum Logical LOB size
- and if Ref Cursors are supported</LI>
- <LI>Added support for large update counts</LI>
-
-</UL>
-
- <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.1 API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>Allow <code>Connection</code>,
- <code>ResultSet</code> and <code>Statement</code> objects to be
- used with the try-with-resources statement</LI>
- <LI>Support added to <code>CallableStatement</code> and
- <code>ResultSet</code> to specify the Java type to convert to via the
- <code>getObject</code> method</LI>
- <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> methods to return PseudoColumns and if a
- generated key is always returned</LI>
- <LI>Added support to <code>Connection</code> to specify a database schema,
- abort and timeout a physical connection.</LI>
- <LI>Added support to close a <code>Statement</code> object when its dependent
- objects have been closed</LI>
- <LI>Support for obtaining the parent logger for a <code>Driver</code>,
- <code>DataSource</code>, <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code> and
- <code>XADataSource</code></LI>
-
-</UL>
-<h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.0 API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>auto java.sql.Driver discovery -- no longer need to load a
-<code>java.sql.Driver</code> class via <code>Class.forName</code>
- <LI>National Character Set support added
- <li>Support added for the SQL:2003 XML data type
- <lI>SQLException enhancements -- Added support for cause chaining; New SQLExceptions
- added for common SQLState class value codes
- <li>Enhanced Blob/Clob functionality -- Support provided to create and free a Blob/Clob instance
- as well as additional methods added to improve accessibility
- <li>Support added for accessing a SQL ROWID
- <li>Support added to allow a JDBC application to access an instance of a JDBC resource
- that has been wrapped by a vendor, usually in an application server or connection
- pooling environment.
- <li>Availability to be notified when a <code>PreparedStatement</code> that is associated
- with a <code>PooledConnection</code> has been closed or the driver determines is invalid
-
-
-</UL>
-
-
-<h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 3.0 API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>Pooled statements -- reuse of statements associated with a pooled
- connection
- <LI>Savepoints -- allow a transaction to be rolled back to a designated
- savepoint
- <LI>Properties defined for <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code> -- specify
- how connections are to be pooled
- <LI>Metadata for parameters of a <code>PreparedStatement</code> object
- <LI>Ability to retrieve values from automatically generated columns
- <LI>Ability to have multiple <code>ResultSet</code> objects
- returned from <code>CallableStatement</code> objects open at the
- same time
- <LI>Ability to identify parameters to <code>CallableStatement</code>
- objects by name as well as by index
- <LI><code>ResultSet</code> holdability -- ability to specify whether cursors
- should be held open or closed at the end of a transaction
- <LI>Ability to retrieve and update the SQL structured type instance that a
- <code>Ref</code> object references
- <LI>Ability to programmatically update <code>BLOB</code>,
- <code>CLOB</code>, <code>ARRAY</code>, and <code>REF</code> values.
- <LI>Addition of the <code>java.sql.Types.DATALINK</code> data type --
- allows JDBC drivers access to objects stored outside a data source
- <LI>Addition of metadata for retrieving SQL type hierarchies
-</UL>
-
-<h3><code>java.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 2.1 Core API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>Scrollable result sets--using new methods in the <code>ResultSet</code>
- interface that allow the cursor to be moved to a particular row or to a
- position relative to its current position
- <LI>Batch updates
- <LI>Programmatic updates--using <code>ResultSet</code> updater methods
- <LI>New data types--interfaces mapping the SQL3 data types
- <LI>Custom mapping of user-defined types (UDTs)
- <LI>Miscellaneous features, including performance hints, the use of character
- streams, full precision for <code>java.math.BigDecimal</code> values,
- additional security, and
- support for time zones in date, time, and timestamp values.
-</UL>
-
-<h3><code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 2.0 Optional
-Package API</h3>
-<UL>
- <LI>The <code>DataSource</code> interface as a means of making a connection. The
- Java Naming and Directory Interface™
- (JNDI) is used for registering a <code>DataSource</code> object with a
- naming service and also for retrieving it.
- <LI>Pooled connections -- allowing connections to be used and reused
- <LI>Distributed transactions -- allowing a transaction to span diverse
- DBMS servers
- <LI><code>RowSet</code> technology -- providing a convenient means of
- handling and passing data
-</UL>
-
-
-<h3>Custom Mapping of UDTs</h3>
-A user-defined type (UDT) defined in SQL can be mapped to a class in the Java
-programming language. An SQL structured type or an SQL <code>DISTINCT</code>
-type are the UDTs that may be custom mapped. The following three
-steps set up a custom mapping:
-<ol>
- <li>Defining the SQL structured type or <code>DISTINCT</code> type in SQL
- <li>Defining the class in the Java programming language to which the
- SQL UDT will be mapped. This class must implement the
- <code>SQLData</code> interface.
- <li>Making an entry in a <code>Connection</code> object's type map
- that contains two things:
- <ul>
- <li>the fully-qualified SQL name of the UDT
- <li>the <code>Class</code> object for the class that implements the
- <code>SQLData</code> interface
- </ul>
-</ol>
-<p>
-When these are in place for a UDT, calling the methods
-<code>ResultSet.getObject</code> or <code>CallableStatement.getObject</code>
-on that UDT will automatically retrieve the custom mapping for it. Also, the
-<code>PreparedStatement.setObject</code> method will automatically map the
-object back to its SQL type to store it in the data source.
-
-<h2>Package Specification</h2>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=221">JDBC 4.3 Specification</a>
-</ul>
-
-<h2>Related Documentation</h2>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/basics/index.html">
- Lesson:JDBC Basics(The Javaxx Tutorials > JDBC™ Database Access)</a>
-
- <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-142838.html">
- <i>JDBC™ API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition</i></a>
-</ul>
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a
+ * data source (usually a relational database) using the
+ * Java™ programming language.
+ * This API includes a framework whereby different
+ * drivers can be installed dynamically to access different data sources.
+ * Although the JDBC™ API is mainly geared
+ * to passing SQL statements to a database, it provides for reading and
+ * writing data from any data source with a tabular format.
+ * The reader/writer facility, available through the
+ * <code>javax.sql.RowSet</code> group of interfaces, can be customized to
+ * use and update data from a spread sheet, flat file, or any other tabular
+ * data source.
+ *
+ * <h2>What the JDBC™ 4.3 API Includes</h2>
+ * The JDBC™ 4.3 API includes both
+ * the <code>java.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC core API,
+ * and the <code>javax.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC Optional
+ * Package API. This complete JDBC API
+ * is included in the Java™ Standard Edition (Java SE™), version 7.
+ * The <code>javax.sql</code> package extends the functionality of the JDBC API
+ * from a client-side API to a server-side API, and it is an essential part
+ * of the Java™ Enterprise Edition
+ * (Java EE™) technology.
+ *
+ * <h2>Versions</h2>
+ * The JDBC 4.3 API incorporates all of the previous JDBC API versions:
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 4.2 API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 4.1 API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 4.0 API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 3.0 API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 2.1 core API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 2.0 Optional Package API<br>
+ * (Note that the JDBC 2.1 core API and the JDBC 2.0 Optional Package
+ * API together are referred to as the JDBC 2.0 API.)</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 1.2 API</li>
+ * <LI> The JDBC 1.0 API</li>
+ * </UL>
+ * <P>
+ * Classes, interfaces, methods, fields, constructors, and exceptions
+ * have the following "since" tags that indicate when they were introduced
+ * into the Java platform. When these "since" tags are used in
+ * Javadoc™ comments for the JDBC API,
+ * they indicate the following:
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Since 9 -- new in the JDBC 4.3 API and part of the Java SE platform,
+ * version 9</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.8 -- new in the JDBC 4.2 API and part of the Java SE platform,
+ * version 8</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.7 -- new in the JDBC 4.1 API and part of the Java SE platform,
+ * version 7</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.6 -- new in the JDBC 4.0 API and part of the Java SE platform,
+ * version 6</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.4 -- new in the JDBC 3.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
+ * version 1.4</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.2 -- new in the JDBC 2.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
+ * version 1.2</li>
+ * <LI>Since 1.1 or no "since" tag -- in the original JDBC 1.0 API and part of
+ * the JDK™, version 1.1</li>
+ * </UL>
+ * <P>
+ * <b>NOTE:</b> Many of the new features are optional; consequently, there is
+ * some variation in drivers and the features they support. Always
+ * check your driver's documentation to see whether it supports a feature before
+ * you try to use it.
+ * <P>
+ * <b>NOTE:</b> The class <code>SQLPermission</code> was added in the
+ * Java™ 2 SDK, Standard Edition,
+ * version 1.3 release. This class is used to prevent unauthorized
+ * access to the logging stream associated with the <code>DriverManager</code>,
+ * which may contain information such as table names, column data, and so on.
+ *
+ * <h2>What the <code>java.sql</code> Package Contains</h2>
+ * The <code>java.sql</code> package contains API for the following:
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Making a connection with a database via the <code>DriverManager</code> facility
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>DriverManager</code> class -- makes a connection with a driver
+ * <LI><code>SQLPermission</code> class -- provides permission when code
+ * running within a Security Manager, such as an applet,
+ * attempts to set up a logging stream through the
+ * <code>DriverManager</code>
+ * <LI><code>Driver</code> interface -- provides the API for registering
+ * and connecting drivers based on JDBC technology ("JDBC drivers");
+ * generally used only by the <code>DriverManager</code> class
+ * <LI><code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> class -- provides properties for a
+ * JDBC driver; not used by the general user
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Sending SQL statements to a database
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>Statement</code> -- used to send basic SQL statements
+ * <LI><code>PreparedStatement</code> -- used to send prepared statements or
+ * basic SQL statements (derived from <code>Statement</code>)
+ * <LI><code>CallableStatement</code> -- used to call database stored
+ * procedures (derived from <code>PreparedStatement</code>)
+ * <LI><code>Connection</code> interface -- provides methods for creating
+ * statements and managing connections and their properties
+ * <LI><code>Savepoint</code> -- provides savepoints in a transaction
+ *
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Retrieving and updating the results of a query
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>ResultSet</code> interface
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Standard mappings for SQL types to classes and interfaces in the
+ * Java programming language
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>Array</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>ARRAY</code>
+ * <LI><code>Blob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>BLOB</code>
+ * <LI><code>Clob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>CLOB</code>
+ * <LI><code>Date</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>DATE</code>
+ * <LI><code>NClob</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>NCLOB</code>
+ * <LI><code>Ref</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>REF</code>
+ * <LI><code>RowId</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>ROWID</code>
+ * <LI><code>Struct</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>STRUCT</code>
+ * <LI><code>SQLXML</code> interface -- mapping for SQL <code>XML</code>
+ * <LI><code>Time</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>TIME</code>
+ * <LI><code>Timestamp</code> class -- mapping for SQL <code>TIMESTAMP</code>
+ * <LI><code>Types</code> class -- provides constants for SQL types
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Custom mapping an SQL user-defined type (UDT) to a class in the
+ * Java programming language
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>SQLData</code> interface -- specifies the mapping of
+ * a UDT to an instance of this class
+ * <LI><code>SQLInput</code> interface -- provides methods for reading
+ * UDT attributes from a stream
+ * <LI><code>SQLOutput</code> interface -- provides methods for writing
+ * UDT attributes back to a stream
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Metadata
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
+ * about the database
+ * <LI><code>ResultSetMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
+ * about the columns of a <code>ResultSet</code> object
+ * <LI><code>ParameterMetaData</code> interface -- provides information
+ * about the parameters to <code>PreparedStatement</code> commands
+ * </UL>
+ * <LI>Exceptions
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI><code>SQLException</code> -- thrown by most methods when there
+ * is a problem accessing data and by some methods for other reasons
+ * <LI><code>SQLWarning</code> -- thrown to indicate a warning
+ * <LI><code>DataTruncation</code> -- thrown to indicate that data may have
+ * been truncated
+ * <LI><code>BatchUpdateException</code> -- thrown to indicate that not all
+ * commands in a batch update executed successfully
+ * </UL>
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.3 API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Added <code>Sharding</code> support</LI>
+ * <LI>Enhanced <code>Connection</code> to be able to provide hints
+ * to the driver that a request, an independent unit of work,
+ * is beginning or ending</LI>
+ * <LI>Enhanced <code>DatabaseMetaData</code> to determine if Sharding is
+ * supported</LI>
+ * <LI>Added the method <code>drivers</code> to <code>DriverManager</code>
+ * to return a Stream of the currently loaded and
+ * available JDBC drivers</LI>
+ * <LI>Added support to <code>Statement</code> for enquoting literals
+ * and simple identifiers</LI>
+ * <LI>Clarified the Java SE version that methods were deprecated</LI>
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.2 API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Added <code>JDBCType</code> enum and <code>SQLType</code> interface</li>
+ * <LI>Support for <code>REF CURSORS</code> in <code>CallableStatement</code>
+ * </LI>
+ * <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> methods to return maximum Logical LOB size
+ * and if Ref Cursors are supported</LI>
+ * <LI>Added support for large update counts</LI>
+ *
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.1 API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Allow <code>Connection</code>,
+ * <code>ResultSet</code> and <code>Statement</code> objects to be
+ * used with the try-with-resources statement</LI>
+ * <LI>Support added to <code>CallableStatement</code> and
+ * <code>ResultSet</code> to specify the Java type to convert to via the
+ * <code>getObject</code> method</LI>
+ * <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> methods to return PseudoColumns and if a
+ * generated key is always returned</LI>
+ * <LI>Added support to <code>Connection</code> to specify a database schema,
+ * abort and timeout a physical connection.</LI>
+ * <LI>Added support to close a <code>Statement</code> object when its dependent
+ * objects have been closed</LI>
+ * <LI>Support for obtaining the parent logger for a <code>Driver</code>,
+ * <code>DataSource</code>, <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code> and
+ * <code>XADataSource</code></LI>
+ *
+ * </UL>
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.0 API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>auto java.sql.Driver discovery -- no longer need to load a
+ * <code>java.sql.Driver</code> class via <code>Class.forName</code>
+ * <LI>National Character Set support added
+ * <li>Support added for the SQL:2003 XML data type
+ * <lI>SQLException enhancements -- Added support for cause chaining; New SQLExceptions
+ * added for common SQLState class value codes
+ * <li>Enhanced Blob/Clob functionality -- Support provided to create and free a Blob/Clob instance
+ * as well as additional methods added to improve accessibility
+ * <li>Support added for accessing a SQL ROWID
+ * <li>Support added to allow a JDBC application to access an instance of a JDBC resource
+ * that has been wrapped by a vendor, usually in an application server or connection
+ * pooling environment.
+ * <li>Availability to be notified when a <code>PreparedStatement</code> that is associated
+ * with a <code>PooledConnection</code> has been closed or the driver determines is invalid
+ *
+ *
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 3.0 API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Pooled statements -- reuse of statements associated with a pooled
+ * connection
+ * <LI>Savepoints -- allow a transaction to be rolled back to a designated
+ * savepoint
+ * <LI>Properties defined for <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code> -- specify
+ * how connections are to be pooled
+ * <LI>Metadata for parameters of a <code>PreparedStatement</code> object
+ * <LI>Ability to retrieve values from automatically generated columns
+ * <LI>Ability to have multiple <code>ResultSet</code> objects
+ * returned from <code>CallableStatement</code> objects open at the
+ * same time
+ * <LI>Ability to identify parameters to <code>CallableStatement</code>
+ * objects by name as well as by index
+ * <LI><code>ResultSet</code> holdability -- ability to specify whether cursors
+ * should be held open or closed at the end of a transaction
+ * <LI>Ability to retrieve and update the SQL structured type instance that a
+ * <code>Ref</code> object references
+ * <LI>Ability to programmatically update <code>BLOB</code>,
+ * <code>CLOB</code>, <code>ARRAY</code>, and <code>REF</code> values.
+ * <LI>Addition of the <code>java.sql.Types.DATALINK</code> data type --
+ * allows JDBC drivers access to objects stored outside a data source
+ * <LI>Addition of metadata for retrieving SQL type hierarchies
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ * <h3><code>java.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 2.1 Core API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>Scrollable result sets--using new methods in the <code>ResultSet</code>
+ * interface that allow the cursor to be moved to a particular row or to a
+ * position relative to its current position
+ * <LI>Batch updates
+ * <LI>Programmatic updates--using <code>ResultSet</code> updater methods
+ * <LI>New data types--interfaces mapping the SQL3 data types
+ * <LI>Custom mapping of user-defined types (UDTs)
+ * <LI>Miscellaneous features, including performance hints, the use of character
+ * streams, full precision for <code>java.math.BigDecimal</code> values,
+ * additional security, and
+ * support for time zones in date, time, and timestamp values.
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ * <h3><code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 2.0 Optional
+ * Package API</h3>
+ * <UL>
+ * <LI>The <code>DataSource</code> interface as a means of making a connection. The
+ * Java Naming and Directory Interface™
+ * (JNDI) is used for registering a <code>DataSource</code> object with a
+ * naming service and also for retrieving it.
+ * <LI>Pooled connections -- allowing connections to be used and reused
+ * <LI>Distributed transactions -- allowing a transaction to span diverse
+ * DBMS servers
+ * <LI><code>RowSet</code> technology -- providing a convenient means of
+ * handling and passing data
+ * </UL>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h3>Custom Mapping of UDTs</h3>
+ * A user-defined type (UDT) defined in SQL can be mapped to a class in the Java
+ * programming language. An SQL structured type or an SQL <code>DISTINCT</code>
+ * type are the UDTs that may be custom mapped. The following three
+ * steps set up a custom mapping:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>Defining the SQL structured type or <code>DISTINCT</code> type in SQL
+ * <li>Defining the class in the Java programming language to which the
+ * SQL UDT will be mapped. This class must implement the
+ * <code>SQLData</code> interface.
+ * <li>Making an entry in a <code>Connection</code> object's type map
+ * that contains two things:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>the fully-qualified SQL name of the UDT
+ * <li>the <code>Class</code> object for the class that implements the
+ * <code>SQLData</code> interface
+ * </ul>
+ * </ol>
+ * <p>
+ * When these are in place for a UDT, calling the methods
+ * <code>ResultSet.getObject</code> or <code>CallableStatement.getObject</code>
+ * on that UDT will automatically retrieve the custom mapping for it. Also, the
+ * <code>PreparedStatement.setObject</code> method will automatically map the
+ * object back to its SQL type to store it in the data source.
+ *
+ * <h2>Package Specification</h2>
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><a href="https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=221">JDBC 4.3 Specification</a>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <h2>Related Documentation</h2>
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/basics/index.html">
+ * Lesson:JDBC Basics(The Javaxx Tutorials > JDBC™ Database Access)</a>
+ *
+ * <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-142838.html">
+ * <i>JDBC™ API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition</i></a>
+ * </ul>
+ */
+package java.sql;
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