Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.sql
Class DriverPropertyInfo

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.sql.DriverPropertyInfo

public class DriverPropertyInfo
extends Object

Driver properties for making a connection. The DriverPropertyInfo class is of interest only to advanced programmers who need to interact with a Driver via the method getDriverProperties to discover and supply properties for connections.


Field Summary
 String[] choices
          An array of possible values if the value for the field DriverPropertyInfo.value may be selected from a particular set of values; otherwise null.
 String description
          A brief description of the property, which may be null.
 String name
          The name of the property.
 boolean required
          The required field is true if a value must be supplied for this property during Driver.connect and false otherwise.
 String value
          The value field specifies the current value of the property, based on a combination of the information supplied to the method getPropertyInfo, the Java environment, and the driver-supplied default values.
 
Constructor Summary
DriverPropertyInfo(String name, String value)
          Constructs a DriverPropertyInfo object with a given name and value.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

name

public String name
The name of the property.


description

public String description
A brief description of the property, which may be null.


required

public boolean required
The required field is true if a value must be supplied for this property during Driver.connect and false otherwise.


value

public String value
The value field specifies the current value of the property, based on a combination of the information supplied to the method getPropertyInfo, the Java environment, and the driver-supplied default values. This field may be null if no value is known.


choices

public String[] choices
An array of possible values if the value for the field DriverPropertyInfo.value may be selected from a particular set of values; otherwise null.

Constructor Detail

DriverPropertyInfo

public DriverPropertyInfo(String name,
                          String value)
Constructs a DriverPropertyInfo object with a given name and value. The description and choices are intialized to null and required is initialized to false.

Parameters:
name - the name of the property
value - the current value, which may be null

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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