I'd try a type handler. Larry
On Nov 29, 2007 5:20 AM, Giovanni Cuccu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any comments on this? > Thanks, > Giovanni > > > On Nov 14, 2007 3:12 PM, Giovanni Cuccu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm currently using ibatis 2.3 with Oracle and I'm trying to > > mapping some oracle datatypes. For now I'm focusing on VARRAY and with > > the current version of IBatis I'm able to map a String[] to a VARRAY > > type (where the basic type is varchar2) as an input param to a stored > > procedure. > > What I'm not able to do is to create a mapping for an output parameter. > > The case I'm currently investigating is a pl\SQL function that returns a > > varray. > > the plain jdbc code is the following (take it a first experiment) > > public class TestOracleArray { > > > > /** > > * @param args > > */ > > public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { > > OracleDataSource ods = new OracleDataSource(); > > String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl"; > > ods.setURL(url); > > ods.setUser("test"); > > ods.setPassword("test"); > > Connection conn = ods.getConnection(); > > ArrayDescriptor desc = > > ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("VARRAY_TEST", conn); > > CallableStatement csOut= conn.prepareCall("{? = call > > test_ibatis_varray_fuc}"); > > String[] elementsOUT=new String[20]; > > ARRAY arrayParamOut = new ARRAY (desc, conn, elementsOUT); > > OracleCallableStatement ocs = > > (OracleCallableStatement)csOut; > > ocs.registerOutParameter(1, > > java.sql.Types.ARRAY,"VARRAY_TEST"); > > csOut.execute(); > > arrayParamOut=(ARRAY)csOut.getArray(1); > > elementsOUT=(String[])arrayParamOut.getArray(); > > for (int i=0;i<elementsOUT.length;i++) { > > System.out.println(elementsOUT[i]); > > } > > conn.commit(); > > > > } > > > > the previous code works, my guess is that iBatis does not support this > > kind of mapping mainly because of this line: > > ocs.registerOutParameter(1, java.sql.Types.ARRAY,"VARRAY_TEST"); > > > > there is not callback function in typehandler able to support the > > registration of a parameter. > > My proposal is to create a new interface tht extends TypeHandler and > > allows for custom parameter registration; and modify the code of > > SqlExecutor namley the method > > private void registerOutputParameters(CallableStatement cs, > > ParameterMapping[] mappings) throws SQLException { > > in order to accomodate the new feature. > > the new interface should preserve the current typeandler > > implementations and it will allow a new feature which is not bounded > > to a specific database (since custom parameter registration can be > > viewed as a generic JDBC concept). > > does anyone agree with my proposal? > > If yes can i open a Jira issue and try to submit some code? > > Thanks in advance, > > Giovanni > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "You don't know the power of dark side" - Darth Vader > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > "You don't know the power of dark side" - Darth Vader >