1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.jdbc.core; 18 19 import java.util.List; 20 21 /** 22 * Extension of RowCallbackHandler interface that saves the accumulated results 23 * as a List. 24 * 25 * <p>Allows to make a results list available in a uniform manner. JdbcTemplate's 26 * query methods will return the results list in that case, else returning null 27 * (-> result state is solely available from RowCallbackHandler object). 28 * 29 * <p>A convenient out-of-the-box implementation of ResultReader is the 30 * RowMapperResultReader adapter which delegates row mapping to a RowMapper. 31 * Note that a RowMapper object is typically stateless and thus reusable; 32 * just the RowMapperResultReader adapter is stateful. 33 * 34 * @author Rod Johnson 35 * @see RowMapperResultReader 36 */ 37 public interface ResultReader extends RowCallbackHandler { 38 39 /** 40 * Return all results, disconnected from the JDBC ResultSet. 41 * Never returns null; returns the empty collection if there 42 * were no results. 43 */ 44 List getResults(); 45 46 } 47