public interface

DatabaseMetaDataCallback

org.springframework.jdbc.support.DatabaseMetaDataCallback

Class Overview

A callback interface used by the JdbcUtils class. Implementations of this interface perform the actual work of extracting database meta data, but don't need to worry about exception handling. SQLExceptions will be caught and handled correctly by the JdbcUtils class.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract Object processMetaData(DatabaseMetaData dbmd)
Implementations must implement this method to process the meta data passed in.

Public Methods

public abstract Object processMetaData (DatabaseMetaData dbmd)

Implementations must implement this method to process the meta data passed in. Exactly what the implementation chooses to do is up to it.

Parameters
dbmd the DatabaseMetaData to process
Returns
  • a result object extracted from the meta data (can be an arbitrary object, as needed by the implementation)
Throws
SQLException if a SQLException is encountered getting column values (that is, there's no need to catch SQLException)
MetaDataAccessException in case of other failures while extracting meta data (for example, reflection failure)