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24#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__
25#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__
26
27#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_Connection_idl__
28#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/Connection.idl>
29#endif
30
31#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_ResultSet_idl__
32#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/ResultSet.idl>
33#endif
34
35#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySet_idl__
36#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.idl>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__
40#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>
41#endif
42
43module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdb {
44
45/** descriptor for accessing basic data access objects.
46
47    <p>Various components interacting with the database access world require to specify (or provide themself) an object
48    such as a query, a table, a result set, a connection to a data source, a column within a table, and so on.<br/>
49    All of these objects are usually not specified with a single property, but with a set of properties, and for
50    various objects, various (but not always different) properties are needed.<br/>
51    The <code>DataAccessDescriptor</code> describes the super set of the properties for the most common
52    data access objects.</p>
53
54    <p>Every component providing or requiring a <type>DataAccessDescriptor</type> for some functionality
55    is urged to specify which properties are mandatory, and which ones optional. Additionally,
56    it's free to specify any additional requirements about the relations of properties.</p>
57
58    @since OpenOffice 1.1.2
59*/
60published service DataAccessDescriptor
61{
62    /** specifies the name of the datasource to access.
63
64        <p>This data source is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no DataSourceName is given
65        and the <member>DatabaseLocation</member> and the <member>ConnectionResource</member> are emtpy, then an <member>ActiveConnection</member>
66        is required.</p>
67
68        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
69        @see ActiveConnection
70     */
71    [optional, property] string DataSourceName;
72
73    /** specifies the URL of the database file.
74
75        <p>This database location is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no DatabaseLocation is given
76        and the <member>ConnectionResource</member> is emtpy, then an <member>ActiveConnection</member> is reuqired.</p>
77
78        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
79        @see ActiveConnection
80     */
81    [optional, property] string DatabaseLocation;
82
83    /** specifies the database URL which locates a database driver.
84
85        <p>This database URL is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no ConnectionResource is given,
86        then an <member>ActiveConnection</member> is reuqired.</p>
87
88        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
89        @see ActiveConnection
90     */
91    [optional, property] string ConnectionResource;
92
93    /** specifies additional info to use when creating a connection from a <code>ConnectionResource</code>
94
95        <p>This member is evaluated only when <code>ConnectionResource</code> is used: In this case,
96        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XDriverManager::getConnectionWithInfo</member> is used
97        to create a connection for the given connection resource, instead of
98        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XDriverManager::getConnection</member>.</p>
99
100        <p>If the sequence is empty, it is ignored.</p>
101    */
102    [optional, property] sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > ConnectionInfo;
103
104    /** is a connection to use.
105
106        <p>This object is guaranteed to be a <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">Connection</type>, but usually
107        it will be a <type>Connection</type> from the module com::sun::star::sdb.<br/>
108        Especially in the case where no <member>DataSourceName</member> is given, but
109        <member>CommandType</member> is <member>CommandType::QUERY</member>, the ActiveConnection needs
110        to fully support the <type>Connection</type> service, to actually retrieve the query specified by
111        <member>Command</member></p>
112
113        <p>If no ActiveConnection is given, then a <member>DataSourceName</member> is required.</p>
114
115        @see DataSourceName
116     */
117    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XConnection ActiveConnection;
118
119    /** specifies the command to execute to retrieve a result set.
120
121        <p>This property is only meaningful together with the <member>CommandType</member>
122        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>
123
124        @see CommandType
125     */
126    [optional, property] string Command;
127
128
129    /** specifies the type of the command to be executed to retrieve a result set.
130
131        <p><member>Command</member> needs to be interpreted depending on the value of this property.</p>
132
133        <p>This property is only meaningfull together with the <member>Command</member>
134        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>
135
136        @see com::sun::star::sdb::CommandType
137     */
138    [optional, property] long CommandType;
139
140    /** specifies an addtional filter to optionally use.
141
142        <p>The Filter string has to form a <code>WHERE</code>-clause, <em>without</em> the
143        <code>WHERE</code>-string itself.</p>
144
145        <p>If a <member>DataSourceName</member>, <member>Command</member> and <member>CommandType</member>
146        are specified, a <type>RowSet</type> can be created with this information. If the results provided by the
147        row set are to be additionally filtered, the Filter property can be used.</p>
148
149        <p>Note that the Filter property does not make sense if a <member>ResultSet</member> has been specified
150        in the DataAccessDescriptor.</p>
151
152        @see com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet
153        @see ResultSet
154    */
155    [optional, property] string Filter;
156
157    /** specifies an additional <code>ORDER BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
158        the given <member>Command</member>.
159
160        <p>The keyword <code>ORDER BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
161     */
162    [optional, property] string Order;
163
164    /** specifies an additional <code>HAVING</code> clause which should be applied on top of
165        the given <member>Command</member>.
166
167        <p>The keyword <code>HAVING</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
168     */
169    [optional, property] string HavingClause;
170
171    /** specifies an additional <code>GROUP BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
172        the given <member>Command</member>.
173
174        <p>The keyword <code>GROUP BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
175     */
176    [optional, property] string GroupBy;
177
178    /** specifies if the <member>Command</member> should be analyzed on the client side before sending it
179        to the database server.
180
181        <p>The default value of this property is <TRUE/>. By switching it to <FALSE/>, you can pass
182        backend-specific SQL statements, which are not standard SQL, to your database.</p>
183
184        <p>This property is usually present together with the <member>Command</member> and
185        <member>CommandType</member> properties, and is evaluated if and only if <member>CommandType</member>
186        equals <member>CommandType::COMMAND</member>.</p>
187    */
188    [optional, property] boolean EscapeProcessing;
189
190    /** specifies an already existent result set to use.
191
192        <p>Usually, you use the properties <member>DataSourceName</member> (alternatively
193        <member>ActiveConnection</member>), <member>Command</member> and <member>CommandType</member> to specify
194        how to <em>obtain</em> a result set. However, in scenarious where the provider of a DataAccessDescriptor
195        has access to an already existent result set, it can pass it along for reusage. This is encouraged
196        to increase performance.</p>
197
198        <p>The object will at least support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">ResultSet</type> service.</p>
199
200        <p>Note that any superservices of <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">ResultSet</type>
201        are also allowed. Especially, this member can denote an instance of the
202        <type scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</type>, or an instance obtained
203        by calling <member scope="com::sun::star::sdb">XResultSetAccess::createResultSet</member>
204        on such a <type scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</type>. This becomes important in
205        conjunction with the <member>Selection</member> property.</p>
206
207        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
208    */
209    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet ResultSet;
210
211    /** specifies a selection to confine the records in a result set.
212
213        <p>When you specify a result set either implicitly (<member>DataSourceName</member>, <member>Command</member>,
214        <member>CommandType</member>) or explicitly (<member>ResultSet</member>), the set of results can be
215        additionally refined with this property.</p>
216
217        <p>The single elements of the <member>Selection</member> are either record numbers (see
218        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XResultSet::getRow</member>), or bookmarks (see
219        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">XRowLocate::getBookmark</member>).<br/>
220        It is up to the component which provides or requires a DataAccessDescriptor to specify which of the
221        two alternatives it expects. If it does <em>not</em> specify this, then the property
222        <member>BookmarkSelection</member> becomes mandatory.</p>
223
224        <p>If the elements specify bookmarks, and a <member>ResultSet</member> has been specified, then
225        this result set is required to support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">XRowLocate</type> interface.</p>
226    */
227    [optional, property] sequence< any > Selection;
228
229    /** specifies how to interpret <member>Selection</member>
230
231        <p>If present, <member>BookmarkSelection</member> specifies the semantics of <member>Selection</member>. If
232        not present, it's up to the implementing component to specify this semantics.</p>
233
234        <p>If <TRUE/>, then the single elements of the array specified by <member>Selection</member> are
235        bookmarks relative to the result set, if <FALSE/>, they're record numbers.</p>
236
237        @see com::sun::star::sdbcx::XRowLocate
238        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet
239        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
240    */
241    [optional, property] boolean BookmarkSelection;
242
243    /** specifies a column name.
244
245        <p>This property is usually used together with the <member>Command</member> and
246        <member>CommandType</member> properties.</p>
247
248        @see Column
249    */
250    [optional, property] string ColumnName;
251
252    /** specifies a column object
253
254        <p>For reasons of performance and saving resources, a supplier of an DataAccessDescriptor which is
255        used to describe a column object can pass this object directly, instead of specifying it only implicitly
256        with the <member>ColumnName</member> property.</p>
257
258        <p>The object will at least support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">Column</type> service, but more
259        often it will even be a <type>Column</type> from the com::sun::star::sdb module.</p>
260    */
261    [optional, property] com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet Column;
262};
263
264}; }; }; };
265
266#endif
267