org.exolab.castor.jdo
Class DbMetaInfo

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.jdo.DbMetaInfo

public final class DbMetaInfo
extends Object

Database meta information encapsulation This is currently used to get the database version out of a JDBC database connection and enable comparing against some required version string.

Version:

$Revision: 7525 $

Author:

Martin Fuchs

Constructor Summary

DbMetaInfo(Connection conn)

Method Summary

int	compareDbVersion(String version) Compare the actual database version with the given required version string.
String	getDbVersion() Return the version string for the current database conection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DbMetaInfo

public DbMetaInfo(Connection conn)

Parameters:

conn - JDBC connection

Method Detail

getDbVersion

public String getDbVersion()

Return the version string for the current database conection.

Returns:

database version string.

compareDbVersion

public int compareDbVersion(String version)

Compare the actual database version with the given required version string.

Parameters:

version -

Returns:

-1 -> lower 0 -> equal 1 -> higher