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package java.sql;

/**
 * This class is an actual usage of the wrapper pattern for JDBC classes.
 * Developers can get the delegate instance when the instance may be a proxy
 * class.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface Wrapper {

    /**
     * Returns an object that implements the given interface. If the caller is
     * not a wrapper, a SQLException will be thrown.
     *
     * @param iface -
     *            the class that defines the interface
     * @return - an object that implements the interface
     * @throws SQLException -
     *             if there is no object implementing the specific interface
     */
     T unwrap(Class iface) throws SQLException;

    /**
     * If the caller is a wrapper of the class or implements the given
     * interface, the methods return false and vice versa.
     *
     * @param iface -
     *            the class that defines the interface
     * @return - true if the instance implements the interface
     * @throws SQLException -
     *             when an error occurs when judges the object
     */
    boolean isWrapperFor(Class iface) throws SQLException;
}