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A Connection's database is able to provide information describing:
- its tables,
- its supported SQL grammar,
- its stored procedures,
- the capabilities of this connection, and so on.
This information is obtained with the getMetaData method of a connection. See DatabaseMetaData object.
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Features
If a DatabaseMetaData method indicates that a given feature is supported.
For example, if a JDBC API implementation supports the RowSet interface, it must also implement the RowSetMetaData interface.
Example
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/getstart/SimpleSelect.doc.html