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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_sdb_DataAccessDescriptor_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/Connection.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/ResultSet.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.idl>
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl>

module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdb {

/** descriptor for accessing basic data access objects.

    <p>Various components interacting with the database access world require to specify (or provide themselves) an object
    such as a query, a table, a result set, a connection to a data source, a column within a table, and so on.<br/>
    All of these objects are usually not specified with a single property, but with a set of properties, and for
    various objects, various (but not always different) properties are needed.<br/>
    The <code>DataAccessDescriptor</code> describes the super set of the properties for the most common
    data access objects.</p>

    <p>Every component providing or requiring a DataAccessDescriptor for some functionality
    is urged to specify which properties are mandatory, and which ones optional. Additionally,
    it's free to specify any additional requirements about the relations of properties.</p>

    @since OOo 1.1.2
*/
published service DataAccessDescriptor
{
    /** specifies the name of the datasource to access.

        <p>This data source is usually used to create a Connection. If no DataSourceName is given
        and the #DatabaseLocation and the #ConnectionResource are empty, then an #ActiveConnection
        is required.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
        @see ActiveConnection
     */
    [optional, property] string DataSourceName;

    /** specifies the URL of the database file.

        <p>This database location is usually used to create a Connection. If no DatabaseLocation is given
        and the #ConnectionResource is empty, then an #ActiveConnection is required.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
        @see ActiveConnection
     */
    [optional, property] string DatabaseLocation;

    /** specifies the database URL which locates a database driver.

        <p>This database URL is usually used to create a Connection. If no ConnectionResource is given,
        then an #ActiveConnection is required.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::DatabaseContext
        @see ActiveConnection
     */
    [optional, property] string ConnectionResource;

    /** specifies additional info to use when creating a connection from a <code>ConnectionResource</code>

        <p>This member is evaluated only when <code>ConnectionResource</code> is used: In this case,
        com::sun::star::sdbc::XDriverManager::getConnectionWithInfo() is used
        to create a connection for the given connection resource, instead of
        com::sun::star::sdbc::XDriverManager::getConnection().</p>

        <p>If the sequence is empty, it is ignored.</p>
    */
    [optional, property] sequence< ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue > ConnectionInfo;

    /** is a connection to use.

        <p>This object is guaranteed to be a com::sun::star::sdbc::Connection, but usually
        it will be a Connection from the module com::sun::star::sdb.<br/>
        Especially in the case where no #DataSourceName is given, but
        #CommandType is CommandType::QUERY, the ActiveConnection needs
        to fully support the Connection service, to actually retrieve the query specified by
        #Command</p>

        <p>If no ActiveConnection is given, then a #DataSourceName is required.</p>

        @see DataSourceName
     */
    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XConnection ActiveConnection;

    /** specifies the command to execute to retrieve a result set.

        <p>This property is only meaningful together with the #CommandType
        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>

        @see CommandType
     */
    [optional, property] string Command;


    /** specifies the type of the command to be executed to retrieve a result set.

        <p>#Command needs to be interpreted depending on the value of this property.</p>

        <p>This property is only meaningful together with the #Command
        property, thus either <em>both</em> or <em>none</em> of them are present.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::CommandType
     */
    [optional, property] long CommandType;

    /** specifies an additional filter to optionally use.

        <p>The Filter string has to form a <code>WHERE</code>-clause, <em>without</em> the
        <code>WHERE</code>-string itself.</p>

        <p>If a #DataSourceName, #Command and #CommandType
        are specified, a RowSet can be created with this information. If the results provided by the
        row set are to be additionally filtered, the Filter property can be used.</p>

        <p>Note that the Filter property does not make sense if a #ResultSet has been specified
        in the DataAccessDescriptor.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet
        @see ResultSet
    */
    [optional, property] string Filter;

    /** specifies an additional <code>ORDER BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
        the given #Command.

        <p>The keyword <code>ORDER BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
     */
    [optional, property] string Order;

    /** specifies an additional <code>HAVING</code> clause which should be applied on top of
        the given #Command.

        <p>The keyword <code>HAVING</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
     */
    [optional, property] string HavingClause;

    /** specifies an additional <code>GROUP BY</code> clause which should be applied on top of
        the given #Command.

        <p>The keyword <code>GROUP BY</code> itself is not part of this property.</p>
     */
    [optional, property] string GroupBy;

    /** specifies if the #Command should be analyzed on the client side before sending it
        to the database server.

        <p>The default value of this property is `TRUE`. By switching it to `FALSE`, you can pass
        backend-specific SQL statements, which are not standard SQL, to your database.</p>

        <p>This property is usually present together with the #Command and
        #CommandType properties, and is evaluated if and only if #CommandType
        equals CommandType::COMMAND.</p>
    */
    [optional, property] boolean EscapeProcessing;

    /** specifies an already existent result set to use.

        <p>Usually, you use the properties #DataSourceName (alternatively
        #ActiveConnection), #Command and #CommandType to specify
        how to <em>obtain</em> a result set. However, in scenarios where the provider of a DataAccessDescriptor
        has access to an already existent result set, it can pass it along for reusage. This is encouraged
        to increase performance.</p>

        <p>The object will at least support the com::sun::star::sdbc::ResultSet service.</p>

        <p>Note that any superservices of com::sun::star::sdbc::ResultSet
        are also allowed. Especially, this member can denote an instance of the
        com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet, or an instance obtained
        by calling com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess::createResultSet()
        on such a com::sun::star::sdb::RowSet. This becomes important in
        conjunction with the #Selection property.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
    */
    [optional, property] com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet ResultSet;

    /** specifies a selection to confine the records in a result set.

        <p>When you specify a result set either implicitly (#DataSourceName, #Command,
        #CommandType) or explicitly (#ResultSet), the set of results can be
        additionally refined with this property.</p>

        <p>The single elements of the #Selection are either record numbers (see
        com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet::getRow()), or bookmarks (see
        com::sun::star::sdbcx::XRowLocate::getBookmark()).<br/>
        It is up to the component which provides or requires a DataAccessDescriptor to specify which of the
        two alternatives it expects. If it does <em>not</em> specify this, then the property
        #BookmarkSelection becomes mandatory.</p>

        <p>If the elements specify bookmarks, and a #ResultSet has been specified, then
        this result set is required to support the com::sun::star::sdbcx::XRowLocate interface.</p>
    */
    [optional, property] sequence< any > Selection;

    /** specifies how to interpret #Selection

        <p>If present, #BookmarkSelection specifies the semantics of #Selection. If
        not present, it's up to the implementing component to specify this semantics.</p>

        <p>If `TRUE`, then the single elements of the array specified by #Selection are
        bookmarks relative to the result set, if `FALSE`, they're record numbers.</p>

        @see com::sun::star::sdbcx::XRowLocate
        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XResultSet
        @see com::sun::star::sdb::XResultSetAccess
    */
    [optional, property] boolean BookmarkSelection;

    /** specifies a column name.

        <p>This property is usually used together with the #Command and
        #CommandType properties.</p>

        @see Column
    */
    [optional, property] string ColumnName;

    /** specifies a column object

        <p>For reasons of performance and saving resources, a supplier of an DataAccessDescriptor which is
        used to describe a column object can pass this object directly, instead of specifying it only implicitly
        with the #ColumnName property.</p>

        <p>The object will at least support the com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column service, but more
        often it will even be a Column from the com::sun::star::sdb module.</p>
    */
    [optional, property] com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet Column;
};

}; }; }; };

#endif

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