/*

 Copyright (c) 2007 Health Market Science, Inc.

 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public

 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

 Lesser General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software

 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307

 USA

 You can contact Health Market Science at info@healthmarketscience.com

 or at the following address:

 Health Market Science

 2700 Horizon Drive

 Suite 200

 King of Prussia, PA 19406

 */

 package com.healthmarketscience.jackcess;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;

 import java.sql.SQLException;

 import java.util.List;

 /**

  * Interface which allows customization of the behavior of the

  * <code>Database<</code> import/copy methods.

  *

  * @author James Ahlborn

  */

 public interface ImportFilter {

   /**

    * The columns that should be used to create the imported table.

    * @param destColumns the columns as determined by the import code, may be

    *                    directly modified and returned

    * @param srcColumns the sql metadata, only available if importing from a

    *                   JDBC source

    * @return the columns to use when creating the import table

    */

   public List<Column> filterColumns(List<Column> destColumns,

                                     ResultSetMetaData srcColumns)

      throws SQLException, IOException;

   /**

    * The desired values for the row.

    * @param row the row data as determined by the import code, may be directly

    *            modified

    * @return the row data as it should be written to the import table

    */

   public Object[] filterRow(Object[] row)

     throws SQLException, IOException;

 }