org.dbunit.database
Interface IDatabaseConnection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDatabaseConnection, DatabaseConnection, DatabaseDataSourceConnection, Db2Connection, H2Connection, HsqldbConnection, MsSqlConnection, MySqlConnection, OracleConnection

public interface IDatabaseConnection

This interface represents a connection to a specific database.

Since:

Mar 6, 2002

Version:

$Revision: 399 $

Author:

Manuel Laflamme

Method Summary

void	close() Close this connection.
IDataSet	createDataSet() Creates a dataset corresponding to the entire database.
IDataSet	createDataSet(String[] tableNames) Creates a dataset containing only the specified tables from the database.
ITable	createQueryTable(String resultName, String sql) Creates a table with the result of the specified SQL statement.
DatabaseConfig	getConfig() Returns this connection database configuration
Connection	getConnection() Returns a JDBC database connection.
int	getRowCount(String tableName) Returns the specified table row count.
int	getRowCount(String tableName, String whereClause) Returns the specified table row count according specified where clause.
String	getSchema() Returns the database schema name.
IStatementFactory	getStatementFactory() Deprecated. Use getConfig()

Method Detail

getConnection

Connection getConnection()
                         throws SQLException

Returns a JDBC database connection.

Throws:

SQLException

getSchema

String getSchema()

Returns the database schema name.

close

void close()
           throws SQLException

Close this connection.

Throws:

SQLException

createDataSet

IDataSet createDataSet()
                       throws SQLException

Creates a dataset corresponding to the entire database.

Throws:

SQLException

createDataSet

IDataSet createDataSet(String[] tableNames)
                       throws SQLException

Creates a dataset containing only the specified tables from the database.

Throws:

SQLException

createQueryTable

ITable createQueryTable(String resultName,
                        String sql)
                        throws DataSetException,
                               SQLException

Creates a table with the result of the specified SQL statement. The table can be the result of a join statement.

Parameters:

resultName - The name to be returned by ITableMetaData.getTableName().

sql - The SQL SELECT statement

Throws:

DataSetException

SQLException

getRowCount

int getRowCount(String tableName)
                throws SQLException

Returns the specified table row count.

Parameters:

tableName - the table name

Returns:

the row count

Throws:

SQLException

getRowCount

int getRowCount(String tableName,
                String whereClause)
                throws SQLException

Returns the specified table row count according specified where clause.

Parameters:

tableName - the table name

whereClause - the where clause

Returns:

the row count

Throws:

SQLException

getConfig

DatabaseConfig getConfig()

Returns this connection database configuration

getStatementFactory

IStatementFactory getStatementFactory()

Deprecated. Use getConfig()