## org.hsqldb
Interface Trigger

All Known Implementing Classes:
  TriggerSample

    public interface Trigger

The interface an HSQLDB TRIGGER must implement. The user-supplied class that implements this must have a default constructor.

Since:
  1.7.0
Author:
  Peter Hudson (peterhudson@users dot sourceforge.net)

Field Summary
`static int` `DELETE_AFTER`
`static int` `DELETE_AFTER_ROW`
`static int` `DELETE_BEFORE_ROW`
`static int` `INSERT_AFTER`
`static int` `INSERT_AFTER_ROW`
`static int` `INSERT_BEFORE_ROW`
`static int` `UPDATE_AFTER`
`static int` `UPDATE_AFTER_ROW`
`static int` `UPDATE_BEFORE_ROW`

Method Summary
`void` `fire(int type, String trigName, String tabName, Object[] oldRow, Object[] newRow)` The method invoked upon each triggered action.

Field Detail

### INSERT_AFTER

    static final int INSERT_AFTER

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  Constant Field Values

### DELETE_AFTER

    static final int DELETE_AFTER

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  Constant Field Values

### UPDATE_AFTER

    static final int UPDATE_AFTER

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  Constant Field Values

### INSERT_AFTER_ROW

    static final int INSERT_AFTER_ROW

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  Constant Field Values

### DELETE_AFTER_ROW

    static final int DELETE_AFTER_ROW

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  Constant Field Values

### UPDATE_AFTER_ROW

    static final int UPDATE_AFTER_ROW

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### INSERT_BEFORE_ROW

    static final int INSERT_BEFORE_ROW

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  Constant Field Values

### DELETE_BEFORE_ROW

    static final int DELETE_BEFORE_ROW

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  Constant Field Values

### UPDATE_BEFORE_ROW

    static final int UPDATE_BEFORE_ROW

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  Constant Field Values

Method Detail

### fire

    void fire(int type,
              String trigName,
              String tabName,
              Object[] oldRow,
              Object[] newRow)
              throws org.hsqldb.HsqlException

  The method invoked upon each triggered action.

  type contains the integer index id for trigger type, e.g. TriggerDef.INSERT_AFTER

  For all triggers defined as default FOR EACH STATEMENT both oldRow and newRow are null.

  For triggers defined as FOR EACH ROW, the following will apply:

  When UPDATE triggers are fired, oldRow contains the existing values of the table row and newRow contains the new values.

  For INSERT triggers, oldRow is null and newRow contains the table row to be inserted. For DELETE triggers, newRow is null and oldRow contains the table row to be deleted.

  For error conditions, users can construct an HsqlException using one of the static methods of org.hsqldb.error.Error with a predefined SQL State from org.hsqldb.error.ErrorCode.

  Parameters:
    `type` - the type as one of the int values defined in the interface
    `trigName` - the name of the trigger
    `tabName` - the name of the table upon which the triggered action is occuring
    `oldRow` - the old row
    `newRow` - the new row
  Throws:
    `org.hsqldb.HsqlException`

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