tim@129: package de.intevation.gnv.geobackend.sde.datasources;
tim@129: 
tim@129: import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
tim@129: 
tim@129: /**
tim@129:  * The class <code>ResultSet</code> fulfills the following purposes:
tim@129:  * <ol>
tim@129:  * <li>Providing an abstract object for dealing with result sets.</li>
tim@129:  * </ol>
tim@129:  *
tim@129:  * @author blume
sascha@887:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@129:  */
tim@130: public abstract class ResultSet implements java.sql.ResultSet {
tim@129: 
tim@129:     /**
tim@129:      * Default Logging instance
tim@129:      */
tim@129:     private static Logger sLogger = Logger.getLogger(ResultSet.class);
tim@129: 
tim@129:     /**
tim@129:      * Returns the number of hits.
tim@129:      * @return count of results.
tim@129:      */
tim@129:     public abstract int getCount();
tim@129: 
tim@129:     /**
tim@129:      * Returns the number of columns returned through the query.
tim@129:      * @return the number of columns.
tim@129:      */
tim@129:     public abstract int getNumberOfColumns();
tim@129: 
tim@129:     /**
tim@129:      * A ResultSet can tell about the concrete definition of each column.
tim@889:      * This method returns an array of ColDefinition-Objects.
tim@129:      * @return the definitions describing the result set.
tim@129:      */
tim@129:     public abstract ColDefinition[] getColumnDefinitions();
tim@129: 
tim@129:     /**
tim@129:      * Returns an array of Rows. The rows contain the "content" of the current ResultSet.
tim@129:      *
tim@129:      * @return the results itself.
tim@129:      */
tim@129:     public abstract Row[] getResults();
tim@129: 
tim@129: }