org.hibernate.type.descriptor

Interface CharacterStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharacterStreamImpl

public interface CharacterStream

Wraps a character stream (reader) to also provide the length (number of characters) which is needed when binding.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getLength() Retrieve the number of characters.
Reader	getReader() Retrieve the reader.

Method Detail

getReader

Reader getReader()

Retrieve the reader.

Returns:

The reader.

getLength

int getLength()

Retrieve the number of characters. JDBC 3 and earlier defined the length in terms of int type rather than long type :(

Returns:

The number of characters.