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28#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__
29#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__
30
31#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_Connection_idl__
32#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/Connection.idl>
33#endif
34
35#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_ResultSet_idl__
36#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/ResultSet.idl>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_XPropertySet_idl__
40#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.idl>
41#endif
42
43#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__
44#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>
45#endif
46
47module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdb {
48
49/** descriptor for accessing basic data access objects.
50
51    <p>Various components interacting with the database access world require to specify (or provide themself) an object
52    such as a query, a table, a result set, a connection to a data source, a column within a table, and so on.<br/>
53    All of these objects are usually not specified with a single property, but with a set of properties, and for
54    various objects, various (but not always different) properties are needed.<br/>
55    The <code>DataAccessDescriptor</code> describes the super set of the properties for the most common
56    data access objects.</p>
57
58    <p>Every component providing or requiring a <type>DataAccessDescriptor</type> for some functionality
59    is urged to specify which properties are mandatory, and which ones optional. Additionally,
60    it's free to specify any additional requirements about the relations of properties.</p>
61
62    @since OOo 1.1.2
63*/
64published service DataAccessDescriptor
65{
66    /** specifies the name of the datasource to access.
67
68        <p>This data source is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no DataSourceName is given
69        and the <member>DatabaseLocation</member> and the <member>ConnectionResource</member> are emtpy, then an <member>ActiveConnection</member>
70        is required.</p>
71
72        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
73        @see ActiveConnection
74     */
75    [optional, property] string DataSourceName;
76
77    /** specifies the URL of the database file.
78
79        <p>This database location is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no DatabaseLocation is given
80        and the <member>ConnectionResource</member> is emtpy, then an <member>ActiveConnection</member> is reuqired.</p>
81
82        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
83        @see ActiveConnection
84     */
85    [optional, property] string DatabaseLocation;
86
87    /** specifies the database URL which locates a database driver.
88
89        <p>This database URL is usually used to create a <type>Connection</type>. If no ConnectionResource is given,
90        then an <member>ActiveConnection</member> is reuqired.</p>
91
92        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
93        @see ActiveConnection
94     */
95    [optional, property] string ConnectionResource;
96
97    /** specifies additional info to use when creating a connection from a <code>ConnectionResource</code>
98
99        <p>This member is evaluated only when <code>ConnectionResource</code> is used: In this case,
100        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XDriverManager::getConnectionWithInfo</member> is used
101        to create a connection for the given connection resource, instead of
102        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XDriverManager::getConnection</member>.</p>
103
104        <p>If the sequence is empty, it is ignored.</p>
105    */
106    [optional, property] sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > ConnectionInfo;
107
108    /** is a connection to use.
109
110        <p>This object is guaranteed to be a <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">Connection</type>, but usually
111        it will be a <type>Connection</type> from the module com::sun::star::sdb.<br/>
112        Especially in the case where no <member>DataSourceName</member> is given, but
113        <member>CommandType</member> is <member>CommandType::QUERY</member>, the ActiveConnection needs
114        to fully support the <type>Connection</type> service, to actually retrieve the query specified by
115        <member>Command</member></p>
116
117        <p>If no ActiveConnection is given, then a <member>DataSourceName</member> is required.</p>
118
119        @see DataSourceName
120     */
121    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XConnection ActiveConnection;
122
123    /** specifies the command to execute to retrieve a result set.
124
125        <p>This property is only meaningful together with the <member>CommandType</member>
126        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>
127
128        @see CommandType
129     */
130    [optional, property] string Command;
131
132
133    /** specifies the type of the command to be executed to retrieve a result set.
134
135        <p><member>Command</member> needs to be interpreted depending on the value of this property.</p>
136
137        <p>This property is only meaningfull together with the <member>Command</member>
138        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>
139
140        @see com::sun::star::sdb::CommandType
141     */
142    [optional, property] long CommandType;
143
144    /** specifies an addtional filter to optionally use.
145
146        <p>The Filter string has to form a <code>WHERE</code>-clause, <em>without</em> the
147        <code>WHERE</code>-string itself.</p>
148
149        <p>If a <member>DataSourceName</member>, <member>Command</member> and <member>CommandType</member>
150        are specified, a <type>RowSet</type> can be created with this information. If the results provided by the
151        row set are to be additionally filtered, the Filter property can be used.</p>
152
153        <p>Note that the Filter property does not make sense if a <member>ResultSet</member> has been specified
154        in the DataAccessDescriptor.</p>
155
156        @see com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet
157        @see ResultSet
158    */
159    [optional, property] string Filter;
160
161    /** specifies an additional <code>ORDER BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
162        the given <member>Command</member>.
163
164        <p>The keyword <code>ORDER BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
165     */
166    [optional, property] string Order;
167
168    /** specifies an additional <code>HAVING</code> clause which should be applied on top of
169        the given <member>Command</member>.
170
171        <p>The keyword <code>HAVING</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
172     */
173    [optional, property] string HavingClause;
174
175    /** specifies an additional <code>GROUP BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
176        the given <member>Command</member>.
177
178        <p>The keyword <code>GROUP BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
179     */
180    [optional, property] string GroupBy;
181
182    /** specifies if the <member>Command</member> should be analyzed on the client side before sending it
183        to the database server.
184
185        <p>The default value of this property is <TRUE/>. By switching it to <FALSE/>, you can pass
186        backend-specific SQL statements, which are not standard SQL, to your database.</p>
187
188        <p>This property is usually present together with the <member>Command</member> and
189        <member>CommandType</member> properties, and is evaluated if and only if <member>CommandType</member>
190        equals <member>CommandType::COMMAND</member>.</p>
191    */
192    [optional, property] boolean EscapeProcessing;
193
194    /** specifies an already existent result set to use.
195
196        <p>Usually, you use the properties <member>DataSourceName</member> (alternatively
197        <member>ActiveConnection</member>), <member>Command</member> and <member>CommandType</member> to specify
198        how to <em>obtain</em> a result set. However, in scenarious where the provider of a DataAccessDescriptor
199        has access to an already existent result set, it can pass it along for reusage. This is encouraged
200        to increase performance.</p>
201
202        <p>The object will at least support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">ResultSet</type> service.</p>
203
204        <p>Note that any superservices of <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">ResultSet</type>
205        are also allowed. Especially, this member can denote an instance of the
206        <type scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</type>, or an instance obtained
207        by calling <member scope="com::sun::star::sdb">XResultSetAccess::createResultSet</member>
208        on such a <type scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</type>. This becomes important in
209        conjunction with the <member>Selection</member> property.</p>
210
211        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
212    */
213    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet ResultSet;
214
215    /** specifies a selection to confine the records in a result set.
216
217        <p>When you specify a result set either implicitly (<member>DataSourceName</member>, <member>Command</member>,
218        <member>CommandType</member>) or explicitly (<member>ResultSet</member>), the set of results can be
219        additionally refined with this property.</p>
220
221        <p>The single elements of the <member>Selection</member> are either record numbers (see
222        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">XResultSet::getRow</member>), or bookmarks (see
223        <member scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">XRowLocate::getBookmark</member>).<br/>
224        It is up to the component which provides or requires a DataAccessDescriptor to specify which of the
225        two alternatives it expects. If it does <em>not</em> specify this, then the property
226        <member>BookmarkSelection</member> becomes mandatory.</p>
227
228        <p>If the elements specify bookmarks, and a <member>ResultSet</member> has been specified, then
229        this result set is required to support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">XRowLocate</type> interface.</p>
230    */
231    [optional, property] sequence< any > Selection;
232
233    /** specifies how to interpret <member>Selection</member>
234
235        <p>If present, <member>BookmarkSelection</member> specifies the semantics of <member>Selection</member>. If
236        not present, it's up to the implementing component to specify this semantics.</p>
237
238        <p>If <TRUE/>, then the single elements of the array specified by <member>Selection</member> are
239        bookmarks relative to the result set, if <FALSE/>, they're record numbers.</p>
240
241        @see com::sun::star::sdbcx::XRowLocate
242        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet
243        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
244    */
245    [optional, property] boolean BookmarkSelection;
246
247    /** specifies a column name.
248
249        <p>This property is usually used together with the <member>Command</member> and
250        <member>CommandType</member> properties.</p>
251
252        @see Column
253    */
254    [optional, property] string ColumnName;
255
256    /** specifies a column object
257
258        <p>For reasons of performance and saving resources, a supplier of an DataAccessDescriptor which is
259        used to describe a column object can pass this object directly, instead of specifying it only implicitly
260        with the <member>ColumnName</member> property.</p>
261
262        <p>The object will at least support the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbcx">Column</type> service, but more
263        often it will even be a <type>Column</type> from the com::sun::star::sdb module.</p>
264    */
265    [optional, property] com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet Column;
266};
267
268}; }; }; };
269
270#endif
271