org.hibernate
Interface LobHelper

public interface LobHelper

A session's helper for creating LOB data

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Blob	createBlob(byte[] bytes) Create a new Blob from bytes.
Blob	createBlob(InputStream stream, long length) Create a new Blob from stream data.
Clob	createClob(Reader reader, long length) Create a new Clob from character reader.
Clob	createClob(String string) Create a new Clob from content
Clob	createNClob(Reader reader, long length) Create a new Clob from character reader.
Clob	createNClob(String string) Create a new Clob from content.

Method Detail

createBlob

Blob createBlob(byte[] bytes)

Create a new Blob from bytes.

Parameters:

bytes - a byte array

Returns:

the created Blob

createBlob

Blob createBlob(InputStream stream,
                long length)

Create a new Blob from stream data.

Parameters:

stream - a binary stream

length - the number of bytes in the stream

Returns:

the create Blob

createClob

Clob createClob(String string)

Create a new Clob from content

Parameters:

string - The string data

Returns:

The created Clob

createClob

Clob createClob(Reader reader,
                long length)

Create a new Clob from character reader.

Parameters:

reader - a character stream

length - the number of characters in the stream

Returns:

The created Clob

createNClob

Clob createNClob(String string)

Create a new Clob from content.

Note, on JDK 1.6+ environments will create and return a NClob instead (NClob extends the Clob interface).

Parameters:

string - The string data

Returns:

The created Clob/NClob

createNClob

Clob createNClob(Reader reader,
                 long length)

Create a new Clob from character reader.

Note, on JDK 1.6+ environments will create and return a NClob instead (NClob extends the Clob interface).

Parameters:

reader - a character stream

length - the number of characters in the stream

Returns:

The created Clob/NClob