//
// AbstractBinder.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.4/Data/include/Poco/Data/AbstractBinder.h#1 $
//
// Library: Data
// Package: DataCore
// Module:  AbstractBinder
//
// Definition of the AbstractBinder class.
//
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#ifndef Data_AbstractBinder_INCLUDED
#define Data_AbstractBinder_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Data/Data.h"
#include <cstddef>


namespace Poco {
namespace Data {


class BLOB;


class Data_API AbstractBinder
	/// Interface for Binding data types to placeholders. The default placeholder format 
	/// in the SQL query is ":name".
{
public:
	AbstractBinder();
		/// Creates the AbstractBinder.

	virtual ~AbstractBinder();
		/// Destroys the AbstractBinder.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::Int8& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an Int8.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::UInt8& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an UInt8.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::Int16& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an Int16.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::UInt16& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an UInt16.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::Int32& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an Int32.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::UInt32& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an UInt32.
		
	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::Int64& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an Int64.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const Poco::UInt64& val) = 0;
		/// Binds an UInt64.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const bool& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a boolean.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const float& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a float.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const double& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a double.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const char& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a single character.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const char* const &pVal) = 0;
		/// Binds a const char ptr.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const std::string& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a string.

	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos, const BLOB& val) = 0;
		/// Binds a BLOB.
		
	virtual void bind(std::size_t pos) = 0;
		/// Binds a NULL value.
};


} } // namespace Poco::Data


#endif // Data_AbstractBinder_INCLUDED
