/*
 * @(#)Types.java	1.23 01/12/03
 *
 * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.sql;

/**
 * <P>The class that defines the constants that are used to identify generic
 * SQL types, called JDBC types.
 * The actual type constant values are equivalent to those in XOPEN.
 * <p>
 * This class is never instantiated.
 */
public class Types {

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>BIT</code>.
 */
	public final static int BIT 		=  -7;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>TINYINT</code>.
 */
	public final static int TINYINT 	=  -6;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>SMALLINT</code>.
 */
	public final static int SMALLINT	=   5;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>INTEGER</code>.
 */
	public final static int INTEGER 	=   4;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>BIGINT</code>.
 */
	public final static int BIGINT 		=  -5;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>FLOAT</code>.
 */
	public final static int FLOAT 		=   6;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>REAL</code>.
 */
	public final static int REAL 		=   7;


/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>DOUBLE</code>.
 */
	public final static int DOUBLE 		=   8;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>NUMERIC</code>.
 */
	public final static int NUMERIC 	=   2;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>DECIMAL</code>.
 */
	public final static int DECIMAL		=   3;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>CHAR</code>.
 */
	public final static int CHAR		=   1;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>VARCHAR</code>.
 */
	public final static int VARCHAR 	=  12;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>LONGVARCHAR</code>.
 */
	public final static int LONGVARCHAR 	=  -1;


/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>DATE</code>.
 */
	public final static int DATE 		=  91;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>TIME</code>.
 */
	public final static int TIME 		=  92;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>TIMESTAMP</code>.
 */
	public final static int TIMESTAMP 	=  93;


/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>BINARY</code>.
 */
	public final static int BINARY		=  -2;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>VARBINARY</code>.
 */
	public final static int VARBINARY 	=  -3;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>LONGVARBINARY</code>.
 */
	public final static int LONGVARBINARY 	=  -4;

/**
 * <P>The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred
 * to as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type 
 * <code>NULL</code>.
 */
	public final static int NULL		=   0;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language that indicates
     * that the SQL type is database-specific and
     * gets mapped to a Java object that can be accessed via
     * the methods <code>getObject</code> and <code>setObject</code>.
     */
	public final static int OTHER		= 1111;

        

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>JAVA_OBJECT</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int JAVA_OBJECT         = 2000;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>DISTINCT</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int DISTINCT            = 2001;
	
    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>STRUCT</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int STRUCT              = 2002;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>ARRAY</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int ARRAY               = 2003;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>BLOB</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int BLOB                = 2004;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>CLOB</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int CLOB                = 2005;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, sometimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type
     * <code>REF</code>.
     * @since 1.2
     */
        public final static int REF                 = 2006;
        
    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, somtimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type <code>DATALINK</code>.
     *
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public final static int DATALINK = 70;

    /**
     * The constant in the Java programming language, somtimes referred to
     * as a type code, that identifies the generic SQL type <code>BOOLEAN</code>.
     *
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public final static int BOOLEAN = 16;

    // Prevent instantiation
    private Types() {}
}


