## org.hsqldb.jdbc
Class JDBCBlob

    java.lang.Object
      org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCBlob

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Blob

    public class JDBCBlob

extends Object
implements Blob

The representation (mapping) in the JavaTM programming language of an SQL `BLOB` value. An SQL `BLOB` is a built-in type that stores a Binary Large Object as a column value in a row of a database table. By default drivers implement `Blob` using an SQL `locator(BLOB)`, which means that a `Blob` object contains a logical pointer to the SQL `BLOB` data rather than the data itself. A `Blob` object is valid for the duration of the transaction in which is was created.

Methods in the interfaces `ResultSet`, `CallableStatement`, and `PreparedStatement`, such as `getBlob` and `setBlob` allow a programmer to access an SQL `BLOB` value. The `Blob` interface provides methods for getting the length of an SQL `BLOB` (Binary Large Object) value, for materializing a `BLOB` value on the client, and for determining the position of a pattern of bytes within a `BLOB` value. In addition, this interface has methods for updating a `BLOB` value.

All methods on the `Blob` interface must be fully implemented if the JDBC driver supports the data type.

### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

Previous to 2.0, the HSQLDB driver did not implement Blob using an SQL locator(BLOB). That is, an HSQLDB Blob object did not contain a logical pointer to SQL BLOB data; rather it directly contained a representation of the data (a byte array). As a result, an HSQLDB Blob object was itself valid beyond the duration of the transaction in which is was created, although it did not necessarily represent a corresponding value on the database. Also, the interface methods for updating a BLOB value were unsupported, with the exception of the truncate method, in that it could be used to truncate the local value.

Starting with 2.0, the HSQLDB driver fully supports both local and remote SQL BLOB data implementations, meaning that an HSQLDB Blob object may contain a logical pointer to remote SQL BLOB data (see `JDBCBlobClient`) or it may directly contain a local representation of the data (as implemented in this class). In particular, when the product is built under JDK 1.6+ and the Blob instance is constructed as a result of calling JDBCConnection.createBlob(), then the resulting Blob instance is initially disconnected (is not bound to the transaction scope of the vending Connection object), the data is contained directly and all interface methods for updating the BLOB value are supported for local use until the first invocation of free(); otherwise, an HSQLDB Blob's implementation is determined at runtime by the driver, it is typically not valid beyond the duration of the transaction in which is was created, and there no standard way to query whether it represents a local or remote value.

Since:
  JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2
Author:
  james house jhouse@part.net, boucherb@users

Field Summary
`static long` `MAX_POS`
`static long` `MIN_POS`

Constructor Summary
`JDBCBlob(byte[] data)` Constructs a new JDBCBlob instance wrapping the given octet sequence.

Method Summary
`void` `free()` This method frees the `Blob` object and releases the resources that it holds.
`InputStream` `getBinaryStream()` Retrieves the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` instance as a stream.
`InputStream` `getBinaryStream(long pos, long length)` Returns an `InputStream` object that contains a partial `Blob` value, starting with the byte specified by pos, which is length bytes in length.
`byte[]` `getBytes(long pos, int length)` Retrieves all or part of the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents, as an array of bytes.
`long` `length()` Returns the number of bytes in the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` object.
`long` `position(Blob pattern, long start)` Retrieves the byte position in the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` object at which `pattern` begins.
`long` `position(byte[] pattern, long start)` Retrieves the byte position at which the specified byte array `pattern` begins within the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents.
`OutputStream` `setBinaryStream(long pos)` Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents.
`int` `setBytes(long pos, byte[] bytes)` Writes the given array of bytes to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents, starting at position `pos`, and returns the number of bytes written.
`int` `setBytes(long pos, byte[] bytes, int offset, int len)` Writes all or part of the given `byte` array to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents and returns the number of bytes written.
`void` `truncate(long len)` Truncates the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents to be `len` bytes in length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### MIN_POS

    public static final long MIN_POS

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

### MAX_POS

    public static final long MAX_POS

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### JDBCBlob

    public JDBCBlob(byte[] data)
             throws SQLException

  Constructs a new JDBCBlob instance wrapping the given octet sequence.

  This constructor is used internally to retrieve result set values as Blob objects, yet it must be public to allow access from other packages. As such (in the interest of efficiency) this object maintains a reference to the given octet sequence rather than making a copy; special care should be taken by external clients never to use this constructor with a byte array object that may later be modified externally.

  Parameters:
    `data` - the octet sequence representing the Blob value
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if the argument is null

Method Detail

### length

    public long length()
                throws SQLException

  Returns the number of bytes in the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` object.

  Specified by:
    `length` in interface `Blob`
  Returns:
    length of the `BLOB` in bytes
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the length of the `BLOB`
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2

### getBytes

    public byte[] getBytes(long pos,
                           int length)
                    throws SQLException

  Retrieves all or part of the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents, as an array of bytes. This `byte` array contains up to `length` consecutive bytes starting at position `pos`.

  ### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

  The official specification above is ambiguous in that it does not precisely indicate the policy to be observed when pos > this.length() - length. One policy would be to retrieve the octets from pos to this.length(). Another would be to throw an exception. HSQLDB observes the second policy.

  Specified by:
    `getBytes` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pos` - the ordinal position of the first byte in the `BLOB` value to be extracted; the first byte is at position 1
    `length` - the number of consecutive bytes to be copied; JDBC 4.1[the value for length must be 0 or greater]
  Returns:
    a byte array containing up to `length` consecutive bytes from the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` object, starting with the byte at position `pos`
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value; if pos is less than 1 or length is less than 0
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2
  See Also:
    `setBytes(long, byte[])`

### getBinaryStream

    public InputStream getBinaryStream()
                                throws SQLException

  Retrieves the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` instance as a stream.

  Specified by:
    `getBinaryStream` in interface `Blob`
  Returns:
    a stream containing the `BLOB` data
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2
  See Also:
    `setBinaryStream(long)`

### position

    public long position(byte[] pattern,
                         long start)
                  throws SQLException

  Retrieves the byte position at which the specified byte array `pattern` begins within the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents. The search for `pattern` begins at position `start`.

  Specified by:
    `position` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the byte array for which to search
    `start` - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1
  Returns:
    the position at which the pattern appears, else -1
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` or if start is less than 1
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2

### position

    public long position(Blob pattern,
                         long start)
                  throws SQLException

  Retrieves the byte position in the `BLOB` value designated by this `Blob` object at which `pattern` begins. The search begins at position `start`.

  Specified by:
    `position` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the `Blob` object designating the `BLOB` value for which to search
    `start` - the position in the `BLOB` value at which to begin searching; the first position is 1
  Returns:
    the position at which the pattern begins, else -1
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value or if start is less than 1
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.2, HSQLDB 1.7.2

### setBytes

    public int setBytes(long pos,
                        byte[] bytes)
                 throws SQLException

  Writes the given array of bytes to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents, starting at position `pos`, and returns the number of bytes written. The array of bytes will overwrite the existing bytes in the `Blob` object starting at the position `pos`. If the end of the `Blob` value is reached while writing the array of bytes, then the length of the `Blob` value will be increased to accommodate the extra bytes.

  Note: If the value specified for `pos` is greater then the length+1 of the `BLOB` value then the behavior is undefined. Some JDBC drivers may throw a `SQLException` while other drivers may support this operation.

  ### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.0 this feature is supported.

  When built under JDK 1.6+ and the Blob instance is constructed as a result of calling JDBCConnection.createBlob(), this operation affects only the client-side value; it has no effect upon a value stored in a database because JDBCConnection.createBlob() constructs disconnected, initially empty Blob instances. To propagate the Blob value to a database in this case, it is required to supply the Blob instance to an updating or inserting setXXX method of a Prepared or Callable Statement, or to supply the Blob instance to an updateXXX method of an updateable ResultSet.

  Implementation Notes:

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.1, JDBCBlob no longer utilizes volatile fields and is effectively thread safe, but still uses local variable snapshot isolation.

  As such, the synchronization policy still does not strictly enforce serialized read/write access to the underlying data

  So, if an application may perform concurrent JDBCBlob modifications and the integrity of the application depends on total order Blob modification semantics, then such operations should be synchronized on an appropriate monitor.

  Specified by:
    `setBytes` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pos` - the position in the `BLOB` object at which to start writing; the first position is 1
    `bytes` - the array of bytes to be written to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents
  Returns:
    the number of bytes written
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value or if pos is less than 1
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.4, HSQLDB 1.7.2
  See Also:
    `getBytes(long, int)`

### setBytes

    public int setBytes(long pos,
                        byte[] bytes,
                        int offset,
                        int len)
                 throws SQLException

  Writes all or part of the given `byte` array to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents and returns the number of bytes written. Writing starts at position `pos` in the `BLOB` value; `len` bytes from the given byte array are written. The array of bytes will overwrite the existing bytes in the `Blob` object starting at the position `pos`. If the end of the `Blob` value is reached while writing the array of bytes, then the length of the `Blob` value will be increased to accommodate the extra bytes.

  Note: If the value specified for `pos` is greater then the length+1 of the `BLOB` value then the behavior is undefined. Some JDBC drivers may throw a `SQLException` while other drivers may support this operation.

  ### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.0 this feature is supported.

  When built under JDK 1.6+ and the Blob instance is constructed as a result of calling JDBCConnection.createBlob(), this operation affects only the client-side value; it has no effect upon a value stored in a database because JDBCConnection.createBlob() constructs disconnected, initially empty Blob instances. To propagate the Blob value to a database in this case, it is required to supply the Blob instance to an updating or inserting setXXX method of a Prepared or Callable Statement, or to supply the Blob instance to an updateXXX method of an updateable ResultSet.

  Implementation Notes:

  If the value specified for `pos` is greater than the length of the `BLOB` value, then the `BLOB` value is extended in length to accept the written octets and the undefined region up to `pos` is filled with (byte)0.

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.1, JDBCBlob no longer utilizes volatile fields and is effectively thread safe, but still uses local variable snapshot isolation.

  As such, the synchronization policy still does not strictly enforce serialized read/write access to the underlying data

  So, if an application may perform concurrent JDBCBlob modifications and the integrity of the application depends on total order Blob modification semantics, then such operations should be synchronized on an appropriate monitor.

  Specified by:
    `setBytes` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pos` - the position in the `BLOB` object at which to start writing; the first position is 1
    `bytes` - the array of bytes to be written to this `BLOB` object
    `offset` - the offset into the array `bytes` at which to start reading the bytes to be set
    `len` - the number of bytes to be written to the `BLOB` value from the array of bytes `bytes`
  Returns:
    the number of bytes written
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value or if pos is less than 1
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.4, HSQLDB 1.7.2
  See Also:
    `getBytes(long, int)`

### setBinaryStream

    public OutputStream setBinaryStream(long pos)
                                 throws SQLException

  Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents. The stream begins at position `pos`. The bytes written to the stream will overwrite the existing bytes in the `Blob` object starting at the position `pos`. If the end of the `Blob` value is reached while writing to the stream, then the length of the `Blob` value will be increased to accommodate the extra bytes.

  Note: If the value specified for `pos` is greater then the length+1 of the `BLOB` value then the behavior is undefined. Some JDBC drivers may throw a `SQLException` while other drivers may support this operation.

  ### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.0 this feature is supported.

  When built under JDK 1.6+ and the Blob instance is constructed as a result of calling JDBCConnection.createBlob(), this operation affects only the client-side value; it has no effect upon a value stored in a database because JDBCConnection.createBlob() constructs disconnected, initially empty Blob instances. To propagate the Blob value to a database in this case, it is required to supply the Blob instance to an updating or inserting setXXX method of a Prepared or Callable Statement, or to supply the Blob instance to an updateXXX method of an updateable ResultSet.

  Implementation Notes:

  The data written to the stream does not appear in this Blob until the stream is closed

  When the stream is closed, if the value specified for `pos` is greater than the length of the `BLOB` value, then the `BLOB` value is extended in length to accept the written octets and the undefined region up to `pos` is filled with (byte)0.

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.1, JDBCBlob no longer utilizes volatile fields and is effectively thread safe, but still uses local variable snapshot isolation.

  As such, the synchronization policy still does not strictly enforce serialized read/write access to the underlying data

  So, if an application may perform concurrent JDBCBlob modifications and the integrity of the application depends on total order Blob modification semantics, then such operations should be synchronized on an appropriate monitor.

  Specified by:
    `setBinaryStream` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pos` - the position in the `BLOB` value at which to start writing; the first position is 1
  Returns:
    a `java.io.OutputStream` object to which data can be written
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value or if pos is less than 1
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.4, HSQLDB 1.7.2
  See Also:
    `getBinaryStream()`

### truncate

    public void truncate(long len)
                  throws SQLException

  Truncates the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents to be `len` bytes in length.

  Note: If the value specified for `pos` is greater then the length+1 of the `BLOB` value then the behavior is undefined. Some JDBC drivers may throw a `SQLException` while other drivers may support this operation.

  ### HSQLDB-Specific Information:

  Starting with HSQLDB 2.0 this feature is fully supported.

  When built under JDK 1.6+ and the Blob instance is constructed as a result of calling JDBCConnection.createBlob(), this operation affects only the client-side value; it has no effect upon a value stored in a database because JDBCConnection.createBlob() constructs disconnected, initially empty Blob instances. To propagate the truncated Blob value to a database in this case, it is required to supply the Blob instance to an updating or inserting setXXX method of a Prepared or Callable Statement, or to supply the Blob instance to an updateXXX method of an updateable ResultSet.

  Specified by:
    `truncate` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `len` - the length, in bytes, to which the `BLOB` value that this `Blob` object represents should be truncated
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if there is an error accessing the `BLOB` value or if len is less than 0
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.4, HSQLDB 1.7.2

### free

    public void free()
              throws SQLException

  This method frees the `Blob` object and releases the resources that it holds. The object is invalid once the `free` method is called.

  After `free` has been called, any attempt to invoke a method other than `free` will result in a `SQLException` being thrown. If `free` is called multiple times, the subsequent calls to `free` are treated as a no-op.

  Specified by:
    `free` in interface `Blob`
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if an error occurs releasing the Blob's resources
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.6, HSQLDB 2.0

### getBinaryStream

    public InputStream getBinaryStream(long pos,
                                       long length)
                                throws SQLException

  Returns an `InputStream` object that contains a partial `Blob` value, starting with the byte specified by pos, which is length bytes in length.

  Specified by:
    `getBinaryStream` in interface `Blob`
  Parameters:
    `pos` - the offset to the first byte of the partial value to be retrieved. The first byte in the `Blob` is at position 1
    `length` - the length in bytes of the partial value to be retrieved
  Returns:
    `InputStream` through which the partial `Blob` value can be read.
  Throws:
    `SQLException` - if pos is less than 1 or if pos is greater than the number of bytes in the `Blob` or if pos + length is greater than the number of bytes in the `Blob`
    `SQLFeatureNotSupportedException` - if the JDBC driver does not support this method
  Since:
    JDK 1.6, HSQLDB 2.0

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