Helper class for managing common JDBC tasks.
* *This class is abstract to allow implementations to * take advantage of different logging capabilities/interfaces in * different parts of the code.
* * @version CVS $Revision: 494012 $ $Date: 2007-01-08 11:23:58 +0100 (Mo, 08 Jan 2007) $ */ abstract public class JDBCUtil { /** * An abstract method which child classes override to handle logging of * errors in their particular environments. * * @param errorString the error message generated */ abstract protected void delegatedLog(String errorString); /** * Checks database metadata to see if a table exists. * Try UPPER, lower, and MixedCase, to see if the table is there. * * @param dbMetaData the database metadata to be used to look up this table * @param tableName the table name * * @throws SQLException if an exception is encountered while accessing the database */ public boolean tableExists(DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData, String tableName) throws SQLException { return ( tableExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName) || tableExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toUpperCase(Locale.US)) || tableExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toLowerCase(Locale.US)) ); } /** * Checks database metadata to see if a table exists. This method * is sensitive to the case of the provided table name. * * @param dbMetaData the database metadata to be used to look up this table * @param tableName the case sensitive table name * * @throws SQLException if an exception is encountered while accessing the database */ public boolean tableExistsCaseSensitive(DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData, String tableName) throws SQLException { ResultSet rsTables = dbMetaData.getTables(null, null, tableName, null); try { boolean found = rsTables.next(); return found; } finally { closeJDBCResultSet(rsTables); } } /** * Checks database metadata to see if a column exists in a table * Try UPPER, lower, and MixedCase, both on the table name and the column name, to see if the column is there. * * @param dbMetaData the database metadata to be used to look up this column * @param tableName the table name * @param columnName the column name * * @throws SQLException if an exception is encountered while accessing the database */ public boolean columnExists(DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData, String tableName, String columnName) throws SQLException { return ( columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName, columnName) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName, columnName.toUpperCase(Locale.US)) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName, columnName.toLowerCase(Locale.US)) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toUpperCase(Locale.US), columnName) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toUpperCase(Locale.US), columnName.toUpperCase(Locale.US)) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toUpperCase(Locale.US), columnName.toLowerCase(Locale.US)) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toLowerCase(Locale.US), columnName) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toLowerCase(Locale.US), columnName.toUpperCase(Locale.US)) || columnExistsCaseSensitive(dbMetaData, tableName.toLowerCase(Locale.US), columnName.toLowerCase(Locale.US)) ); } /** * Checks database metadata to see if a column exists in a table. This method * is sensitive to the case of both the provided table name and column name. * * @param dbMetaData the database metadata to be used to look up this column * @param tableName the case sensitive table name * @param columnName the case sensitive column name * * @throws SQLException if an exception is encountered while accessing the database */ public boolean columnExistsCaseSensitive(DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData, String tableName, String columnName) throws SQLException { ResultSet rsTables = dbMetaData.getColumns(null, null, tableName, columnName); try { boolean found = rsTables.next(); return found; } finally { closeJDBCResultSet(rsTables); } } /** * Closes database connection and logs if an error * is encountered * * @param conn the connection to be closed */ public void closeJDBCConnection(Connection conn) { try { if (conn != null) { conn.close(); } } catch (SQLException sqle) { // Log exception and continue subclassLogWrapper("Unexpected exception while closing database connection."); } } /** * Closes database statement and logs if an error * is encountered * * @param stmt the statement to be closed */ public void closeJDBCStatement(Statement stmt) { try { if (stmt != null) { stmt.close(); } } catch (SQLException sqle) { // Log exception and continue subclassLogWrapper("Unexpected exception while closing database statement."); } } /** * Closes database result set and logs if an error * is encountered * * @param aResultSet the result set to be closed */ public void closeJDBCResultSet(ResultSet aResultSet ) { try { if (aResultSet != null) { aResultSet.close(); } } catch (SQLException sqle) { // Log exception and continue subclassLogWrapper("Unexpected exception while closing database result set."); } } /** * Wraps the delegated call to the subclass logging method with a Throwable * wrapper. All throwables generated by the subclass logging method are * caught and ignored. * * @param logString the raw string to be passed to the logging method implemented * by the subclass */ private void subclassLogWrapper(String logString) { try { delegatedLog(logString); } catch(Throwable t) { // Throwables generated by the logging system are ignored } } }