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   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.execute.CursorResultSet

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package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.execute;

import org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.ResultSet;
import org.apache.derby.iapi.types.RowLocation;
import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;

/**
 * The CursorResultSet interface is used to provide additional
 * operations on result sets that can be used in cursors.
 * 

 * Since the ResulSet operations must also be supported by
 * cursor result sets, we extend that interface here as well.
 *
 */
public interface CursorResultSet extends ResultSet {

	/**
	 * Returns the row location of the current base table row of the cursor.
	 * If this cursor's row is composed of multiple base tables' rows,
	 * i.e. due to a join, then a null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return the row location of the current cursor row.
	 * @exception StandardException thrown on failure to
	 *	get location from storage engine
	 */
	RowLocation getRowLocation() throws StandardException;

	/**
	 * Returns the current row of the result set.
	 * REMIND: eventually, this will only return the current row
	 * for result sets that need to return it; either some field
	 * in the activation or a parameter in the constructor will be
	 * used to signal that this needs to function. This will let us
	 * limit the number of live objects we are holding on to.
	 * 

	 * @return the last row returned by getNextRow. null if closed.
	 * @exception StandardException thrown on failure.
	 */
	ExecRow getCurrentRow() throws StandardException;

}