1 /* 2 * 3 * The DbUnit Database Testing Framework 4 * Copyright (C)2002-2004, DbUnit.org 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 19 * 20 */ 21 package org.dbunit.dataset.datatype; 22 23 /** 24 * A factory for creating {@link DataType}. 25 * 26 * @author Manuel Laflamme 27 * @since May 17, 2003 28 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ 29 */ 30 public interface IDataTypeFactory 31 { 32 /** 33 * Returns the DataType object that corresponds to the specified 34 * {@link java.sql.Types}. 35 * 36 * @param sqlType SQL type from {@link java.sql.Types} 37 * @param sqlTypeName Data source dependent type name 38 */ 39 public DataType createDataType(int sqlType, String sqlTypeName) throws DataTypeException; 40 } 41