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+/**
+ * Title:           ResultSet, $Header: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/datasources/ResultSet.java,v 1.2 2008/01/30 12:38:34 blume Exp $
+ * Source:          $Source: /share/gdi/SDI-Suite/Repository/projekte/BSH-GDI/genericViewer/src/main/java/de/conterra/bsh/gdi/gnviewer/datasources/ResultSet.java,v $
+ * created by:      Stefan Blume (blume)
+ * erstellt am:     21.11.2007
+ * Copyright:       con terra GmbH, 2005
+ *
+ * modified by:     $Author: blume $
+ * modified on:     $Date: 2008/01/30 12:38:34 $
+ * Version:         $Revision: 1.2 $
+ * TAG:             $Name:  $
+ * locked from:     $Locker:  $
+ * CVS State:       $State: Exp $
+ * Project:         $ProjectName$
+ */
+package de.intevation.gnv.geobackend.sde.datasources;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * The class <code>ResultSet</code> fulfills the following purposes:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>Providing an abstract object for dealing with result sets.</li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * @author blume
+ * @version 1.0
+ * @serial 1.0
+ * @see
+ * @since 21.11.2007 09:26:53
+ */
+public abstract class ResultSet {
+
+    /**
+     * Default Logging instance
+     */
+    private static Logger sLogger = Logger.getLogger(ResultSet.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of hits.
+     *
+     * @return count of results.
+     */
+    public abstract int getCount();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of columns returned through the query.
+     *
+     * @return the number of columns.
+     */
+    public abstract int getNumberOfColumns();
+
+    /**
+     * A ResultSet can tell about the concrete definition of each column.
+     * This method returns an array of {@link de.conterra.bsh.gdi.gnviewer.datasources.ColDefinition}-Objects.
+     *
+     * @return the definitions describing the result set.
+     */
+    public abstract ColDefinition[] getColumnDefinitions();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of Rows. The rows contain the "content" of the current ResultSet.
+     *
+     * @return the results itself.
+     */
+    public abstract Row[] getResults();
+
+}