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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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OpaqueDescriptor

Extends oracle.sql.TypeDescriptor. Implements java.io.Serializable. New with Oracle9i.

The constructor for this class is:

OpaqueDescriptor(oracle.sql.SQLName name, oracle.sql.OracleTypeOPAQUE type, 
java.sql.Connection connection)

Inherited fields

The following field is inherited from oracle.sql.TypeDescriptor:

DEBUG_SERIALIZATION

Methods

createDescriptor(java.lang.String name , java.sql.Connection conn )

Returns OpaqueDescriptor. Static method.

descType( )

Returns java.lang.String with description of type.

getMaxLength( )

Returns LONG with maximun number of bytes this opaque object can hold.

getTypeCode( )

Returns int with the Opaque type code: OracleTypes.OPAQUE.

hasFixedSize( )

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the Opaque type has fixed size.

hasUnboundedSize( )

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the Opaque type has unbounded size.

isModeledInC( )

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the Opaque type is modeled in the C language.

isTrustedLibrary( )

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the Trusted Library implementing Support functions is specified for the Opaque type.

Inherited methods

The following methods are inherited from oracle.sql.TypeDescriptor:

getName
getSubtypeName
getConnection

Inherits all methods from java.lang.Object except clone, equals, and finalize.

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