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
22 package org.dbunit.dataset;
23
24
25 /**
26 * A table represents a collection of tabular data.
27 *
28 * @author Manuel Laflamme
29 * @version $Revision$
30 * @since Feb 17, 2002
31 */
32 public interface ITable
33 {
34 public static final Object NO_VALUE = new Object();
35
36 /**
37 * Returns this table metadata.
38 */
39 public ITableMetaData getTableMetaData();
40
41 /**
42 * Returns this table row count.
43 */
44 public int getRowCount();
45
46 /**
47 * Returns this table value for the specified row and column.
48 * @param row The row index, starting with 0
49 * @param column The name of the column
50 * @return The value
51 *
52 * @throws NoSuchColumnException if specified column name do not exist in
53 * this table
54 * @throws RowOutOfBoundsException if specified row is less than zero or
55 * equals or greater than <code>getRowCount</code>
56 */
57 public Object getValue(int row, String column) throws DataSetException;
58 }
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