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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_XDriver_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_sdbc_XDriver_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_beans_PropertyValue_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_SQLException_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/SQLException.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_DriverPropertyInfo_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/DriverPropertyInfo.idl> 
#endif 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbc { 
 
 published interface XConnection; 
 published interface XDriverManager; 
 
 
/** is the interface that every driver class must implement.
    
    
    
    <p>
    Each driver should supply a service that implements
    the Driver interface.
    
    </p>
    <p>The DriverManager will try to load as many drivers as it can
    find, and then for any given connection request, it will ask each
    driver in turn to try to connect to the target URL.
    
    </p>
    <p>
    It is strongly recommended that each Driver object should be
    small and standalone so that the Driver object can be loaded and
    queried without bringing in vast quantities of supporting code.
    
    </p>
    @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XDriverManager 
     @see com::sun::star::sdbc::XConnection
 */
published interface XDriver: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{ 
     
    /** attempts to make a database connection to the given URL.
        The driver should return 
        <NULL/>
        if it realizes it is the wrong kind
        of driver to connect to the given URL.  This will be common, as when
        the driver manager is asked to connect to a given URL it passes
        the URL to each loaded driver in turn.
        
        
        
        <p>
        The driver should raise a 
        <type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">SQLException</type>
        if it is the right
        driver to connect to the given URL, but has trouble connecting to
        the database.
        
        </p>
        <p>
        The info argument can be used to pass arbitrary
        string tag/value pairs as connection arguments.
        Normally at least "user" and "password" properties should be
        included in the Properties. For a JDBC driver also the Java class must
        be supplied in the property named JavaDriverClass, and a class path (a
        space-separated list of URLs) needed to locate that class can optionally
        be supplied in a property named JavaDriverClassPath.
        Possible property value names are when supported by the driver:
        @see com::sun::star::sdbc::ConnectionProperties
        </p>

        @param url
            is the URL of the database to which to connect. 
        @param info
            a list of arbitrary string tag/value pairs as connection arguments. Normally at least a "user" and "password" property should be included.
            @see com::sun::star::sdbc::ConnectionProperties
        @returns 
            a Connection object that represents a connection to the URL			
        @throws	SQLException
            if a database access error occurs

     */
    XConnection connect( 
                [in]string url, 
                [in]sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> info) 
        raises (SQLException); 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     
    /** returns <TRUE/> if the driver thinks that it can open a connection
        to the given URL.  Typically drivers will return <TRUE/> if they
        understand the subprotocol specified in the URL and <FALSE/> if
        they do not.

        @param url
            is the URL of the database to which to connect. 
        @returns 
            <TRUE/> if this driver can connect to the given URL.
        @throws SQLException 
            if a database access error occurs.
     */
    boolean acceptsURL([in]string url) raises (SQLException); 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     
    /** gets information about the possible properties for this driver. 
             <p>The getPropertyInfo method is intended to allow a generic GUI tool to 
             discover what properties it should prompt a human for in order to get 
             enough information to connect to a database.  Note that depending on 
             the values the human has supplied so far, additional values may become 
             necessary, so it may be necessary to iterate though several calls 
             to getPropertyInfo. 
             @param url 
                is the URL of the database to which to connect. 
             @param info 
                is a proposed list of tag/value pairs that will be sent on 
                connect open. 
             @returns 
                an array of DriverPropertyInfo objects describing possible 
                properties. This array may be an empty array if no properties 
                are required. 
             @throws SQLException 
                if a database access error occurs.
     */
    sequence<DriverPropertyInfo> getPropertyInfo([in]string url, 
                    [in] sequence<com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue> info) 
        raises (SQLException); 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     
    /** gets the driver's major version number. Initially this should be 1.
        @returns
            this driver's major version number
     */
    long getMajorVersion(); 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     
    /** gets the driver's minor version number. Initially this should be 0.
        @returns
            this driver's minor version number.
     */
    long getMinorVersion(); 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
#endif 
