foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.oracle/src/org/eclipse/persistence/internal/platform/database/oracle/XMLTypeFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.platform.database.oracle;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * INTERNAL:
 * Used the create an XMLType for XDB support.
 * This avoids having the xdb.jar requieed on the classpath if just the mapping class name is referenced.
 */
public interface XMLTypeFactory {
    Object createXML(java.sql.Connection connection, Document dom) throws Exception;
    Object createXML(java.sql.Connection connection, String xml) throws Exception;    
    Object createXML(oracle.sql.OPAQUE opaque) throws java.sql.SQLException;
    Document getDOM(oracle.sql.OPAQUE opaque) throws java.sql.SQLException;
    String getString(oracle.sql.OPAQUE opaque) throws java.sql.SQLException;

    boolean isXDBDocument(Object obj);
    Object createXMLTypeBindCallCustomParameter(Object obj);
}