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package org.springframework.jdbc.support;

import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;

/** 
 * 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.
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @see JdbcUtils#extractDatabaseMetaData
 */
public interface DatabaseMetaDataCallback {
	
	/** 
	 * Implementations must implement this method to process the meta data
	 * passed in. Exactly what the implementation chooses to do is up to it.
	 * @param dbmd the DatabaseMetaData to process
	 * @return 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)
	 * @throws MetaDataAccessException in case of other failures while
	 * extracting meta data (for example, reflection failure)
	 */
	Object processMetaData(DatabaseMetaData dbmd) throws SQLException, MetaDataAccessException;

}
