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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_XSQLData_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_sdbc_XSQLData_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_SQLException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/SQLException.idl> 
#endif 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbc { 
 
 published interface XSQLInput; 
 published interface XSQLOutput; 
 
 
/** is used for the custom mapping of SQL user-defined types.
	
	
	<p>
	This interface must be implemented by a service that is
	registered in a type mapping.  It is expected that this interface
	will normally be implemented by a tool. The methods in this interface
	are called by the driver and are never called by a programmer
	directly.
	</p>
 */
published interface XSQLData: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
	 
	/** returns the fully-qualified name of the SQL user-defined type
		that this object represents.
		
		
		<p>
		This method is called by the SDBC driver to get the name of the
		UDT instance that is being mapped to this instance of SQLData.
		</p>
		@returns 
			the name of the SQL type.
		@throws SQLException 
			if a database access error occurs.
	 */
	string getSQLTypeName() raises (SQLException); 
 
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
	 
	/** populates this object with data read from the database.
		
		
		<p>
		The implementation of the method must follow this protocol:
		<br/>
		It must read each of the attributes or elements of the SQL
		type from the given input stream. This is done
		by calling a method of the input stream to read each
		item, in the order that they appear in the SQL definition
		of the type. The method 
		<code>readSQL</code>
		then assigns the data to appropriate fields or elements (of this
		or other objects).
		<br/>
		Specifically, it must call the appropriate 
		<code>XSQLInput.readXXX</code>
		method(s) to do the following:
		for a Distinct Type, read its single data element;
		for a Structured Type, read a value for each attribute of the SQL type.
		</p>
		<p>
		The SDBC driver initializes the input stream with a type map
		before calling this method, which is used by the appropriate
		<code>SQLInput.readXXX</code>
		method on the stream.
		</p>

		@param stream
			the input SQL data stream
		@param typeName
			the SQL type of the value on the data stream
		@throws SQLException 
			if a database access error occurs.

		@see com::sun::star::sdbc::XSQLInput
	 */
	void readSQL([in]XSQLInput stream, [in]string typeName) 
		raises (SQLException); 
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  	 
	/** writes this object to the given SQL data stream.
		
		
		<p>
		The implementation of the method must follow this protocol:
		<br/>
		It must write each of the attributes of the SQL type to the given output
		stream. This is done by calling a method of the output stream to write
		each item, in the order that they appear in the SQL definition of the type.
		Specifically, it must call the appropriate 
		<code>XSQLOutput.writeXXX</code>
		method(s) to do the following:<br>
		for a Distinct Type, write its single data element;
		for a Structured Type, write a value for each attribute of the SQL type.
		</p>
		@param stream
			the output SQL data stream
		@throws SQLException 
			if a database access error occurs.
		@see com::sun::star::sdbc::XSQLOutput
	 */
	void writeSQL([in]XSQLOutput stream) raises (SQLException); 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
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===========================================================================*/ 
#endif