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package java.sql;
/**
* Interface for JDBC classes which provide the ability to retrieve the delegate instance when the instance
* in question is in fact a proxy class.
*
* The wrapper pattern is employed by many JDBC driver implementations to provide extensions beyond
* the traditional JDBC API that are specific to a data source. Developers may wish to gain access to
* these resources that are wrapped (the delegates) as proxy class instances representing the
* the actual resources. This interface describes a standard mechanism to access
* these wrapped resources
* represented by their proxy, to permit direct access to the resource delegates.
*
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface Wrapper {
/**
* Returns an object that implements the given interface to allow access to
* non-standard methods, or standard methods not exposed by the proxy.
*
* If the receiver implements the interface then the result is the receiver
* or a proxy for the receiver. If the receiver is a wrapper
* and the wrapped object implements the interface then the result is the
* wrapped object or a proxy for the wrapped object. Otherwise return the
* the result of calling unwrap recursively on the wrapped object
* or a proxy for that result. If the receiver is not a
* wrapper and does not implement the interface, then an SQLException is thrown.
*
* @param iface A Class defining an interface that the result must implement.
* @return an object that implements the interface. May be a proxy for the actual implementing object.
* @throws java.sql.SQLException If no object found that implements the interface
* @since 1.6
*/
T unwrap(java.lang.Class iface) throws java.sql.SQLException;
/**
* Returns true if this either implements the interface argument or is directly or indirectly a wrapper
* for an object that does. Returns false otherwise. If this implements the interface then return true,
* else if this is a wrapper then return the result of recursively calling isWrapperFor on the wrapped
* object. If this does not implement the interface and is not a wrapper, return false.
* This method should be implemented as a low-cost operation compared to unwrap so that
* callers can use this method to avoid expensive unwrap calls that may fail. If this method
* returns true then calling unwrap with the same argument should succeed.
*
* @param iface a Class defining an interface.
* @return true if this implements the interface or directly or indirectly wraps an object that does.
* @throws java.sql.SQLException if an error occurs while determining whether this is a wrapper
* for an object with the given interface.
* @since 1.6
*/
boolean isWrapperFor(java.lang.Class iface) throws java.sql.SQLException;
}