1. /*

  2.  * @(#)Ref.java	1.10 01/11/29

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.sql;

  9.  

  10. /**

  11.  * JDBC 2.0

  12.  *

  13.  * A reference to an SQL structured type value in the database.  A

  14.  * Ref can be saved to persistent storage.  A Ref is dereferenced by

  15.  * passing it as a parameter to an SQL statement and executing the 

  16.  * statement.

  17.  */

  18. 

  19. public interface Ref {

  20. 

  21.   /**

  22.    * Gets the fully-qualified SQL structured type name of the 

  23.    * referenced item.

  24.    * 

  25.    * @return fully-qualified SQL structured type name of the referenced item.

  26.    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs

  27.    */

  28.   String getBaseTypeName() throws SQLException;

  29. 

  30. }