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package org.springframework.jdbc.core;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Extension of RowCallbackHandler interface that saves the accumulated results
 * as a List.
 *
 * <p>Allows to make a results list available in a uniform manner. JdbcTemplate's
 * query methods will return the results list in that case, else returning null
 * (-> result state is solely available from RowCallbackHandler object).
 *
 * <p>A convenient out-of-the-box implementation of ResultReader is the
 * RowMapperResultReader adapter which delegates row mapping to a RowMapper.
 * Note that a RowMapper object is typically stateless and thus reusable;
 * just the RowMapperResultReader adapter is stateful.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @see RowMapperResultReader
 */
public interface ResultReader extends RowCallbackHandler {
	 
	/**
	 * Return all results, disconnected from the JDBC ResultSet.
	 * Never returns null; returns the empty collection if there
	 * were no results.
	 */
	List getResults();

}