Package oracle.sql

Class ANYDATA

java.lang.Object
oracle.sql.ANYDATA
All Implemented Interfaces:
oracle.jdbc.internal.ObjectData, OracleData, ORAData
public class ANYDATA extends Object implements ORAData, OracleData
This class is the Java mapping of the SYS.ANYDATA SQL type. Instances of this type are self-descriptive. They contain a type description as well the actual content (also called the embedded object).

You can construct an ANYDATA instance from a Datum instance using ANYDATA.convertDatum(Datum). The following example shows how to construct an ANYDATA instance that encapsulates a NUMBER: 

  NUMBER num = new NUMBER(12345);
  ANYDATA anydt = ANYDATA.convertDatum(num);
The ANYDATA.convertDatum(Datum) method is the java equivalent of the PLSQL ConvertXXX procedures. In the previous example we could also have used PLSQL to construct the ANYDATA instance and retrieve it in Java: 
  // conn being a JDBC connection
  Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
  ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select ANYDATA.ConvertNUMBER(12345) from dual");
  ANYDATA anydt = null;
  if(rs.next())
    anydt = (ANYDATA)rs.getObject(1);

The public method getTypeDescriptor() returns an instance of TypeDescriptor which provides a description of the type. To retrieve the actual data, use accessDatum() which returns an instance of Datum. To know what to cast it to, use the type description. For example: 

  Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
  ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select anydatacol from foo");
  while(rs.next())
  {
    ANYDATA anydt = (ANYDATA)rs.getObject(1);
    System.out.println(anydt.stringValue());
    TypeDescriptor typedesc = anydt.getTypeDescriptor();
    Datum embeddedDatum = anydt.accessDatum();
    if(typedesc.getTypeCode() == TypeDescriptor.TYPECODE_DATE)
    {
      // the embedded object is a DATE:
      DATE datedatum = (DATE)embeddedDatum;
      // etc.
    }
    else if(typedesc.getTypeCode() == TypeDescriptor.TYPECODE_NUMBER)
    {
      // the embedded object is a NUMBER
      NUMBER numberdatum = (NUMBER)embeddedDatum;
      // etc.
    }
  }

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • toDatum

      public Datum toDatum(Connection c) throws SQLException
      Description copied from interface: ORAData
      Extract an oracle.sql.Datum object.

      This method is invoked by setORAData() to extract a Datum. The implementation of this method must return the correct type of Datum.

      Although most implementation will ignore the connection, it is occassionally needed. For example, if the class embeds CHAR attributes, connection may be needed to determine the database character set.

      Specified by:
      toDatum in interface ORAData
      Parameters:
      c - The connection into which the value is being sent.
      Returns:
      a Datum contaning the value to be sent into the connection.
      Throws:
      SQLException - if an error occurred.

    • toJDBCObject

      public Object toJDBCObject(Connection c) throws SQLException
      Description copied from interface: OracleData
      Extract a jdbc Object.

      This method is invoked by setObject() to extract the jdbc Object. The implementation must return the jdbc Object that correctly represents the underlying SQLType.

      Although most implementation will ignore the connection, it is occassionally needed. for example, if the class embeds CHAR attributes, connection may be needed to determine the database character set.

      Specified by:
      toJDBCObject in interface OracleData
      Parameters:
      c - The connection into which the value is being sent.
      Returns:
      a jdbc Object containing the value to be sent into the connection.
      Throws:
      SQLException - if an error occurred.

    • convertDatum

      public static ANYDATA convertDatum(Datum datum) throws SQLException
      Constructs an ANYDATA instance from any instance of Datum.
      Throws:
      SQLException

    • getTypeDescriptor

      public TypeDescriptor getTypeDescriptor()
      Returns the type description of this ANYDATA instance.

    • isNull

      public boolean isNull()
      Returns true if the data part of this ANYDATA instance is null and false otherwise.

    • getData

      public byte[] getData()
      Returns the linearized form of the embedded object value. This method is an internal method.

    • isREF

      public boolean isREF()
      Returns true if the embedded object is a REF and false otherwise.

    • stringValue

      public String stringValue() throws SQLException
      Returns a string representation of this ANYDATA. The string contains both the type code name and a string representation of the embedded object.

      For example the following code:

           String sql = "select anydata.ConvertDate(TO_DATE('Jan 15, 2006, 11:00 AM', "
            +" 'Mon dd, YYYY, HH:MI AM')) from dual";
     Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
     ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
     rs.next();
     ANYDATA ad = (ANYDATA)rs.getObject(1);
     System.out.println(ad.stringValue());
      will print in stdout the following string:
           ANYDATA TypeCode: "TYPECODE_DATE" -  ANYDATA Value: "1/15/2006 11:0:0"
      Throws:
      SQLException

    • stringValue

      public String stringValue(Connection _connection) throws SQLException
      Returns a string representation of this ANYDATA. The string contains both the type code name and a string representation of the embedded object.

      For example the following code:

           String sql = "select anydata.ConvertTIMESTAMPTZ(TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ("
      +" TIMESTAMP'1997-06-22 08:30:00' AT TIME ZONE 'Asia/Calcutta')) from dual";
     Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
     ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
     rs.next();
     ANYDATA ad = (ANYDATA)rs.getObject(1);
     // Pass connection to the types that require connection to print
     // eg: oracle.sql.TIMESTAMPTZ, oracle.sql.TIMESTAMPLTZ
     System.out.println(ad.stringValue(conn));
      will print in stdout the following string:
           ANYDATA TypeCode: "TYPECODE_TIMESTAMP_TZ" - ANYDATA Value: "1997-6-22 21.0.0.0 Asia/Calcutta"
      Parameters:
      _connection - OracleConnection object
      Throws:
      SQLException

    • accessDatum

      public Datum accessDatum() throws SQLException
      Returns the embedded object. Use getTypeDescripor() to retrieve type description of this embedded object. You will then be able to cast it to the right oracle.sql. class.
      Throws:
      SQLException

    • getConnectionDuringExceptionHandling

      protected oracle.jdbc.internal.OracleConnection getConnectionDuringExceptionHandling()