From: Dave Cramer <davec@fastcrypt.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:26:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: added addDataType to the interface
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added addDataType to the interface
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diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java
index a66eca8a16..617424d0b9 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ public interface PGConnection
 	 */
 	public Object getObject(String type, String value) throws SQLException;
 
+	/*
+	 * This allows client code to add a handler for one of org.postgresql's
+	 * more unique data types.
+	 *
+	 * <p><b>NOTE:</b> This is not part of JDBC, but an extension.
+	 *
+	 * <p>The best way to use this is as follows:
+	 *
+	 * <p><pre>
+	 * ...
+	 * ((org.postgresql.PGConnection)myconn).addDataType("mytype","my.class.name");
+	 * ...
+	 * </pre>
+	 *
+	 * <p>where myconn is an open Connection to org.postgresql.
+	 *
+	 * <p>The handling class must extend org.postgresql.util.PGobject
+	 *
+	 * @see org.postgresql.util.PGobject
+	 */
+	public void addDataType(String type, String name);
+
 
 	/*
 	 * This method returns any notifications that have been received