public class

SerialBlob

extends Object
implements Serializable Cloneable Blob
java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.sql.rowset.serial.SerialBlob

Class Overview

A serialized mapping in the Java programming language of an SQL BLOB value.

The SerialBlob class provides a constructor for creating an instance from a Blob object. Note that the Blob object should have brought the SQL BLOB value's data over to the client before a SerialBlob object is constructed from it. The data of an SQL BLOB value can be materialized on the client as an array of bytes (using the method Blob.getBytes) or as a stream of uninterpreted bytes (using the method Blob.getBinaryStream).

SerialBlob methods make it possible to make a copy of a SerialBlob object as an array of bytes or as a stream. They also make it possible to locate a given pattern of bytes or a Blob object within a SerialBlob object and to update or truncate a Blob object.

Summary

Public Constructors
SerialBlob(byte[] b)
Constructs a SerialBlob object that is a serialized version of the given byte array.
SerialBlob(Blob blob)
Constructs a SerialBlob object that is a serialized version of the given Blob object.
Public Methods
void free()
This method frees the Blob object and releases the resources that it holds.
InputStream getBinaryStream(long pos, long length)
Returns an InputStream object that contains a partial Blob value, starting with the byte specified by pos, which is length bytes in length.
InputStream getBinaryStream()
Returns this SerialBlob object as an input stream.
byte[] getBytes(long pos, int length)
Copies the specified number of bytes, starting at the given position, from this SerialBlob object to another array of bytes.
long length()
Retrieves the number of bytes in this SerialBlob object's array of bytes.
long position(Blob pattern, long start)
Returns the position in this SerialBlob object where the given Blob object begins, starting the search at the specified position.
long position(byte[] pattern, long start)
Returns the position in this SerialBlob object where the given pattern of bytes begins, starting the search at the specified position.
OutputStream setBinaryStream(long pos)
Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents.
int setBytes(long pos, byte[] bytes)
Writes the given array of bytes to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents, starting at position pos, and returns the number of bytes written.
int setBytes(long pos, byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)
Writes all or part of the given byte array to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents and returns the number of bytes written.
void truncate(long length)
Truncates the BLOB value that this Blob object represents to be len bytes in length.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.sql.Blob

Public Constructors

public SerialBlob (byte[] b)

Constructs a SerialBlob object that is a serialized version of the given byte array.

The new SerialBlob object is initialized with the data from the byte array, thus allowing disconnected RowSet objects to establish serialized Blob objects without touching the data source.

Parameters
b the byte array containing the data for the Blob object to be serialized
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs during serialization
SQLException if a SQL errors occurs

public SerialBlob (Blob blob)

Constructs a SerialBlob object that is a serialized version of the given Blob object.

The new SerialBlob object is initialized with the data from the Blob object; therefore, the Blob object should have previously brought the SQL BLOB value's data over to the client from the database. Otherwise, the new SerialBlob object will contain no data.

Parameters
blob the Blob object from which this SerialBlob object is to be constructed; cannot be null.
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs during serialization
SQLException if the Blob passed to this to this constructor is a null.
See Also

Public Methods

public void free ()

This method frees the Blob object and releases the resources that it holds. Blob object. The object is invalid once the free method is called. If free is called multiple times, the subsequent calls to free are treated as a no-op.

Throws
SQLException if an error occurs releasing the Blob's resources

public InputStream getBinaryStream (long pos, long length)

Returns an InputStream object that contains a partial Blob value, starting with the byte specified by pos, which is length bytes in length.

Parameters
pos the offset to the first byte of the partial value to be retrieved. The first byte in the Blob is at position 1
length the length in bytes of the partial value to be retrieved
Returns
  • InputStream through which the partial Blob value can be read.
Throws
SQLException if pos is less than 1 or if pos is greater than the number of bytes in the Blob or if pos + length is greater than the number of bytes in the Blob

public InputStream getBinaryStream ()

Returns this SerialBlob object as an input stream. Unlike the related method, setBinaryStream, a stream is produced regardless of whether the SerialBlob was created with a Blob object or a byte array.

Returns
  • a java.io.InputStream object that contains this SerialBlob object's array of bytes
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs
See Also

public byte[] getBytes (long pos, int length)

Copies the specified number of bytes, starting at the given position, from this SerialBlob object to another array of bytes.

Note that if the given number of bytes to be copied is larger than the length of this SerialBlob object's array of bytes, the given number will be shortened to the array's length.

Parameters
pos the ordinal position of the first byte in this SerialBlob object to be copied; numbering starts at 1; must not be less than 1 and must be less than or equal to the length of this SerialBlob object
length the number of bytes to be copied
Returns
  • an array of bytes that is a copy of a region of this SerialBlob object, starting at the given position and containing the given number of consecutive bytes
Throws
SerialException if the given starting position is out of bounds

public long length ()

Retrieves the number of bytes in this SerialBlob object's array of bytes.

Returns
  • a long indicating the length in bytes of this SerialBlob object's array of bytes
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs

public long position (Blob pattern, long start)

Returns the position in this SerialBlob object where the given Blob object begins, starting the search at the specified position.

Parameters
pattern the Blob object for which to search;
start the position of the byte in this SerialBlob object from which to begin the search; the first position is 1; must not be less than 1 nor greater than the length of this SerialBlob object
Returns
  • the position in this SerialBlob object where the given Blob object begins, starting at the specified position; -1 if the pattern is not found or the given starting position is out of bounds; position numbering for the return value starts at 1
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs when serializing the blob
SQLException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value from the database

public long position (byte[] pattern, long start)

Returns the position in this SerialBlob object where the given pattern of bytes begins, starting the search at the specified position.

Parameters
pattern the pattern of bytes for which to search
start the position of the byte in this SerialBlob object from which to begin the search; the first position is 1; must not be less than 1 nor greater than the length of this SerialBlob object
Returns
  • the position in this SerialBlob object where the given pattern begins, starting at the specified position; -1 if the pattern is not found or the given starting position is out of bounds; position numbering for the return value starts at 1
Throws
SerialException if an error occurs when serializing the blob
SQLException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value from the database

public OutputStream setBinaryStream (long pos)

Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents. The stream begins at position pos. This method forwards the setBinaryStream() call to the underlying Blob in the event that this SerialBlob object is instantiated with a Blob. If this SerialBlob is instantiated with a byte array, a SerialException is thrown.

Parameters
pos the position in the BLOB value at which to start writing
Returns
  • a java.io.OutputStream object to which data can be written
Throws
SQLException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value
SerialException if the SerialBlob in not instantiated with a Blob object that supports setBinaryStream()
See Also

public int setBytes (long pos, byte[] bytes)

Writes the given array of bytes to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents, starting at position pos, and returns the number of bytes written.

Parameters
pos the position in the SQL BLOB value at which to start writing. The first position is 1; must not be less than 1 nor greater than the length of this SerialBlob object.
bytes the array of bytes to be written to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents
Returns
  • the number of bytes written
Throws
SerialException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value; or if an invalid position is set; if an invalid offset value is set
SQLException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value from the database
See Also

public int setBytes (long pos, byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)

Writes all or part of the given byte array to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents and returns the number of bytes written. Writing starts at position pos in the BLOB value; len bytes from the given byte array are written.

Parameters
pos the position in the BLOB object at which to start writing. The first position is 1; must not be less than 1 nor greater than the length of this SerialBlob object.
bytes the array of bytes to be written to the BLOB value
offset the offset in the byte array at which to start reading the bytes. The first offset position is 0; must not be less than 0 nor greater than the length of the byte array
length the number of bytes to be written to the BLOB value from the array of bytes bytes.
Returns
  • the number of bytes written
Throws
SerialException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value; if an invalid position is set; if an invalid offset value is set; if number of bytes to be written is greater than the SerialBlob length; or the combined values of the length and offset is greater than the Blob buffer
SQLException if there is an error accessing the BLOB value from the database.
See Also

public void truncate (long length)

Truncates the BLOB value that this Blob object represents to be len bytes in length.

Parameters
length the length, in bytes, to which the BLOB value that this Blob object represents should be truncated
Throws
SerialException if there is an error accessing the Blob value; or the length to truncate is greater that the SerialBlob length