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  package java.sql;
  
  /**
   * <p>The standard mapping in the Java programming language for an SQL
   * structured type. A <code>Struct</code> object contains a
   * value for each attribute of the SQL structured type that
   * it represents.
   * By default, an instance of<code>Struct</code> is valid as long as the
   * application has a reference to it.
   * <p>
   * All methods on the <code>Struct</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
   * JDBC driver supports the data type.
   * @since 1.2
   */
  
  public interface Struct {
  
    /**
     * Retrieves the SQL type name of the SQL structured type
     * that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
     *
     * @return the fully-qualified type name of the SQL structured
     *          type for which this <code>Struct</code> object
     *          is the generic representation
     * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
     * this method
     * @since 1.2
     */
    String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException;
  
    /**
     * Produces the ordered values of the attributes of the SQL
     * structured type that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
     * As individual attributes are processed, this method uses the type map
     * associated with the
     * connection for customizations of the type mappings.
     * If there is no
     * entry in the connection's type map that matches the structured
     * type that an attribute represents,
     * the driver uses the standard mapping.
     * <p>
     * Conceptually, this method calls the method
     * <code>getObject</code> on each attribute
     * of the structured type and returns a Java array containing
     * the result.
     *
     * @return an array containing the ordered attribute values
     * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
     * this method
     * @since 1.2
     */
    Object[] getAttributes() throws SQLException;
  
    /**
     * Produces the ordered values of the attributes of the SQL
     * structured type that this <code>Struct</code> object represents.
     *  As individual attrbutes are proccessed, this method uses the given type map
     * for customizations of the type mappings.
     * If there is no
     * entry in the given type map that matches the structured
     * type that an attribute represents,
     * the driver uses the standard mapping. This method never
     * uses the type map associated with the connection.
     * <p>
     * Conceptually, this method calls the method
     * <code>getObject</code> on each attribute
     * of the structured type and returns a Java array containing
     * the result.
     *
     * @param map a mapping of SQL type names to Java classes
     * @return an array containing the ordered attribute values
     * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
     * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
     * this method
     * @since 1.2
     */
    Object[] getAttributes(java.util.Map<String,Class<?>> map)
        throws SQLException;
  }
  