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package org.eclipse.persistence.sessions;

import java.util.*;

import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractRecord;

/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>: Define a representation of a database row as field=>value pairs.
 * This is the database row implementation class, the Record or java.util.Map interfaces
 * should be used to access this class instead of the implementation class.
 * <p>
 * <b>Responsibilities</b>: <ul>
 *        <li> Implement the common hashtable collection protocol.
 *        <li> Allow get and put on the field or field name.
 * </ul>
 * @see DatabaseField
 * @see Record
 * @see java.util.Map
 */
public class DatabaseRecord extends AbstractRecord {

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * Returns a record (of default size).
     */
    public DatabaseRecord() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * Returns a record of the given initial capacity.
     * @param initialCapacity 
     */
    public DatabaseRecord(int initialCapacity) {
        super(initialCapacity);
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * Builds row from database result fields and values.
     * Note: the entire database result will share the same fields vector.
     * @param fields Vector of fields
     * @param values Vector of values
     */
    public DatabaseRecord(Vector fields, Vector values) {
        super(fields, values);
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * Builds row from database result fields and values.
     * Note: the entire database result will share the same fields vector.
     * @param fields Vector of fields
     * @param values Vector of values
     * @param size of record
     */
    public DatabaseRecord(Vector fields, Vector values, int size) {
        super(fields, values, size);
    }
}