001    package org.apache.ojb.broker.accesslayer.sql;
002    
003    /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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016     */
017    
018    import org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.FieldDescriptor;
019    import org.apache.ojb.broker.query.Query;
020    
021    /**
022     * This class
023     *
024     * @author <a href="mailto:arminw@apache.org">Armin Waibel</a>
025     * @version $Id: SelectStatement.java,v 1.1 2007-08-24 22:17:39 ewestfal Exp $
026     */
027    public interface SelectStatement extends SqlStatement
028    {   
029        /**
030         * Returns the {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.query.Query} instance
031         * this statement based on.
032         * @return The {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.query.Query} instance or <em>null</em>
033         * if no query is used to generate the select string.
034         */
035        public Query getQueryInstance();
036    
037        /**
038         * Returns the column index of the specified {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.FieldDescriptor}
039         * in the {@link java.sql.ResultSet} after performing the query.
040         *
041         * @param fld The {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.FieldDescriptor}.
042         * @return The column index or {@link org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.JdbcType#MIN_INT} if
043         * column index is not supported.
044         */
045        public int getColumnIndex(FieldDescriptor fld);
046    }