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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.param;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;

import org.hibernate.type.Type;

Maintains information relating to parameters which need to get bound into a JDBC PreparedStatement. 
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Maintains information relating to parameters which need to get bound into a
 * JDBC {@link PreparedStatement}.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface ParameterSpecification extends ParameterBinder {
	
Get the type which we are expeting for a bind into this parameter based
on translated contextual information.
Returns:
The expected type./**
	 * Get the type which we are expeting for a bind into this parameter based
	 * on translated contextual information.
	 *
	 * @return The expected type.
	 */
	Type getExpectedType();

	
Injects the expected type.  Called during translation.
Params:
expectedType – The type to expect./**
	 * Injects the expected type.  Called during translation.
	 *
	 * @param expectedType The type to expect.
	 */
	void setExpectedType(Type expectedType);

	
Render this parameter into displayable info (for logging, etc).
Returns:
The displayable info./**
	 * Render this parameter into displayable info (for logging, etc).
	 *
	 * @return The displayable info.
	 */
	String renderDisplayInfo();
}