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  package java.sql;
  
  import java.util.logging.Logger;
  
  /**
   * The interface that every driver class must implement.
   * <P>The Java SQL framework allows for multiple database drivers.
   *
   * <P>Each driver should supply a class that implements
   * the Driver interface.
   *
   * <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>It is strongly recommended that each Driver class should be
   * small and standalone so that the Driver class can be loaded and
   * queried without bringing in vast quantities of supporting code.
   *
   * <P>When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of
   * itself and register it with the DriverManager. This means that a
   * user can load and register a driver by calling
   * <pre>
   *   <code>Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver")</code>
   * </pre>
   *
   * @see DriverManager
   * @see Connection
   */
  public interface Driver {
  
      /**
       * 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 JDBC driver manager is asked to connect to a given URL it passes
       * the URL to each loaded driver in turn.
       *
       * <P>The driver should throw an <code>SQLException</code> if it is the right
       * driver to connect to the given URL but has trouble connecting to
       * the database.
       *
       * <P>The <code>java.util.Properties</code> 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 <code>Properties</code> object.
       *
       * @param url 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.
       * @return a <code>Connection</code> object that represents a
       *         connection to the URL
       * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
       */
      Connection connect(String url, java.util.Properties info)
          throws SQLException;
  
      /**
       * Retrieves whether the driver thinks that it can open a connection
       * to the given URL.  Typically drivers will return <code>true</code> if they
       * understand the subprotocol specified in the URL and <code>false</code> if
       * they do not.
       *
       * @param url the URL of the database
       * @return <code>true</code> if this driver understands the given URL;
       *         <code>false</code> otherwise
       * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
       */
      boolean acceptsURL(String url) throws SQLException;
  
  
      /**
       * Gets information about the possible properties for this driver.
       * <P>
       * The <code>getPropertyInfo</code> 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 the <code>getPropertyInfo</code> method.
       *
       * @param url the URL of the database to which to connect
       * @param info a proposed list of tag/value pairs that will be sent on
       *          connect open
       * @return an array of <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> objects describing
       *          possible properties.  This array may be an empty array if
       *          no properties are required.
       * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
       */
      DriverPropertyInfo[] getPropertyInfo(String url, java.util.Properties info)
                           throws SQLException;
  
  
      /**
       * Retrieves the driver's major version number. Initially this should be 1.
       *
       * @return this driver's major version number
       */
      int getMajorVersion();
  
      /**
       * Gets the driver's minor version number. Initially this should be 0.
       * @return this driver's minor version number
       */
      int getMinorVersion();
  
  
      /**
       * Reports whether this driver is a genuine JDBC
       * Compliant<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> driver.
       * A driver may only report <code>true</code> here if it passes the JDBC
       * compliance tests; otherwise it is required to return <code>false</code>.
       * <P>
       * JDBC compliance requires full support for the JDBC API and full support
       * for SQL 92 Entry Level.  It is expected that JDBC compliant drivers will
       * be available for all the major commercial databases.
       * <P>
       * This method is not intended to encourage the development of non-JDBC
       * compliant drivers, but is a recognition of the fact that some vendors
       * are interested in using the JDBC API and framework for lightweight
       * databases that do not support full database functionality, or for
       * special databases such as document information retrieval where a SQL
       * implementation may not be feasible.
       * @return <code>true</code> if this driver is JDBC Compliant; <code>false</code>
       *         otherwise
       */
      boolean jdbcCompliant();
  
      // Android-removed: JDBC 4.1 methods were removed immediately after the initial import.
  }
  