## Uses of Interface
java.sql.ResultSet

- Packages that use ResultSet
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.sql | Provides the API for accessing and processing data stored in a data source (usually a relational database) using the JavaTM programming language.
  javax.sql | Provides the API for server side data source access and processing from the JavaTM programming language.
  javax.sql.rowset | Standard interfaces and base classes for JDBC `RowSet` implementations.
  javax.sql.rowset.serial | Provides utility classes to allow serializable mappings between SQL types and data types in the Java programming language.
  javax.sql.rowset.spi | The standard classes and interfaces that a third party vendor has to use in its implementation of a synchronization provider.

- - ### Uses of ResultSet in java.sql

    Methods in java.sql that return ResultSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ResultSet` | PreparedStatement.`executeQuery()` Executes the SQL query in this `PreparedStatement` object and returns the `ResultSet` object generated by the query.
    `ResultSet` | Statement.`executeQuery(String sql)` Executes the given SQL statement, which returns a single `ResultSet` object.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getAttributes(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern, String attributeNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the given attribute of the given type for a user-defined type (UDT) that is available in the given schema and catalog.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getBestRowIdentifier(String catalog, String schema, String table, int scope, boolean nullable)` Retrieves a description of a table's optimal set of columns that uniquely identifies a row.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getCatalogs()` Retrieves the catalog names available in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getClientInfoProperties()` Retrieves a list of the client info properties that the driver supports.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getColumnPrivileges(String catalog, String schema, String table, String columnNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the access rights for a table's columns.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of table columns available in the specified catalog.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getCrossReference(String parentCatalog, String parentSchema, String parentTable, String foreignCatalog, String foreignSchema, String foreignTable)` Retrieves a description of the foreign key columns in the given foreign key table that reference the primary key or the columns representing a unique constraint of the parent table (could be the same or a different table).
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getExportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Retrieves a description of the foreign key columns that reference the given table's primary key columns (the foreign keys exported by a table).
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getFunctionColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String functionNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the given catalog's system or user function parameters and return type.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getFunctions(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String functionNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the system and user functions available in the given catalog.
    `ResultSet` | Statement.`getGeneratedKeys()` Retrieves any auto-generated keys created as a result of executing this `Statement` object.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getImportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Retrieves a description of the primary key columns that are referenced by the given table's foreign key columns (the primary keys imported by a table).
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getIndexInfo(String catalog, String schema, String table, boolean unique, boolean approximate)` Retrieves a description of the given table's indices and statistics.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getPrimaryKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Retrieves a description of the given table's primary key columns.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getProcedureColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String procedureNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the given catalog's stored procedure parameter and result columns.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getProcedures(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String procedureNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the stored procedures available in the given catalog.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getPseudoColumns(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern, String columnNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the pseudo or hidden columns available in a given table within the specified catalog and schema.
    `ResultSet` | Array.`getResultSet()` Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL `ARRAY` value designated by this `Array` object.
    `ResultSet` | Statement.`getResultSet()` Retrieves the current result as a `ResultSet` object.
    `ResultSet` | Array.`getResultSet(long index, int count)` Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that starts at index `index` and contains up to `count` successive elements.
    `ResultSet` | Array.`getResultSet(long index, int count, Map<String,Class<?>> map)` Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that starts at index `index` and contains up to `count` successive elements.
    `ResultSet` | Array.`getResultSet(Map<String,Class<?>> map)` Retrieves a result set that contains the elements of the SQL `ARRAY` value designated by this `Array` object.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getSchemas()` Retrieves the schema names available in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getSchemas(String catalog, String schemaPattern)` Retrieves the schema names available in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getSuperTables(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the table hierarchies defined in a particular schema in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getSuperTypes(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the user-defined type (UDT) hierarchies defined in a particular schema in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getTablePrivileges(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern)` Retrieves a description of the access rights for each table available in a catalog.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getTables(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String tableNamePattern, String[] types)` Retrieves a description of the tables available in the given catalog.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getTableTypes()` Retrieves the table types available in this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getTypeInfo()` Retrieves a description of all the data types supported by this database.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getUDTs(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String typeNamePattern, int[] types)` Retrieves a description of the user-defined types (UDTs) defined in a particular schema.
    `ResultSet` | DatabaseMetaData.`getVersionColumns(String catalog, String schema, String table)` Retrieves a description of a table's columns that are automatically updated when any value in a row is updated.

  - ### Uses of ResultSet in javax.sql

    Subinterfaces of ResultSet in javax.sql
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `RowSet` The interface that adds support to the JDBC API for the JavaBeansTM component model.

    Methods in javax.sql that return ResultSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ResultSet` | RowSetInternal.`getOriginal()` Retrieves a `ResultSet` object containing the original value of this `RowSet` object.
    `ResultSet` | RowSetInternal.`getOriginalRow()` Retrieves a `ResultSet` object containing the original value of the current row only.

  - ### Uses of ResultSet in javax.sql.rowset

    Subinterfaces of ResultSet in javax.sql.rowset
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `CachedRowSet` The interface that all standard implementations of `CachedRowSet` must implement.
    `interface` | `FilteredRowSet` The standard interface that all standard implementations of `FilteredRowSet` must implement.
    `interface` | `JdbcRowSet` The standard interface that all standard implementations of `JdbcRowSet` must implement.
    `interface` | `JoinRowSet` The `JoinRowSet` interface provides a mechanism for combining related data from different `RowSet` objects into one `JoinRowSet` object, which represents an SQL `JOIN`.
    `interface` | `WebRowSet` The standard interface that all implementations of a `WebRowSet` must implement.

    Methods in javax.sql.rowset that return ResultSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ResultSet` | CachedRowSet.`getOriginal()` Returns a `ResultSet` object containing the original value of this `CachedRowSet` object.
    `ResultSet` | CachedRowSet.`getOriginalRow()` Returns a `ResultSet` object containing the original value for the current row only of this `CachedRowSet` object.

    Methods in javax.sql.rowset with parameters of type ResultSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`populate(ResultSet data)` Populates this `CachedRowSet` object with data from the given `ResultSet` object.
    `void` | CachedRowSet.`populate(ResultSet rs, int startRow)` Populates this `CachedRowSet` object with data from the given `ResultSet` object.
    `void` | WebRowSet.`writeXml(ResultSet rs, OutputStream oStream)` Populates this `WebRowSet` object with the contents of the given `ResultSet` object and writes its data, properties, and metadata to the given `OutputStream` object in XML format.
    `void` | WebRowSet.`writeXml(ResultSet rs, Writer writer)` Populates this `WebRowSet` object with the contents of the given `ResultSet` object and writes its data, properties, and metadata to the given `Writer` object in XML format.

  - ### Uses of ResultSet in javax.sql.rowset.serial

    Methods in javax.sql.rowset.serial that return ResultSet
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ResultSet` | SerialArray.`getResultSet()` Retrieves a `ResultSet` object that contains all of the elements in the `ARRAY` value that this `SerialArray` object represents.
    `ResultSet` | SerialArray.`getResultSet(long index, int count)` Retrieves a `ResultSet` object holding the elements of the subarray that starts at index index and contains up to count successive elements.
    `ResultSet` | SerialArray.`getResultSet(long index, int count, Map<String,Class<?>> map)` Retrieves a result set holding the elements of the subarray that starts at Retrieves a `ResultSet` object that contains a subarray of the elements in this `SerialArray` object, starting at index index and containing up to count successive elements.
    `ResultSet` | SerialArray.`getResultSet(Map<String,Class<?>> map)` Retrieves a `ResultSet` object that contains all of the elements of the SQL `ARRAY` value represented by this `SerialArray` object.

  - ### Uses of ResultSet in javax.sql.rowset.spi

    Subinterfaces of ResultSet in javax.sql.rowset.spi
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `SyncResolver` Defines a framework that allows applications to use a manual decision tree to decide what should be done when a synchronization conflict occurs.

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