org.firebirdsql.util

## Class FirebirdSupportInfo

- java.lang.Object
- - org.firebirdsql.util.FirebirdSupportInfo

-     public final class FirebirdSupportInfo
      extends java.lang.Object

  Helper class that reports if a Firebird version supports a specific feature.

  Intended as a repository for Jaybird to check for functionality support, or tests to check their assumptions, or decide on test or application behavior based on functionality support.

  Primary reason for existence of this class is to support version dependent functionality in Jaybird or version dependent tests in the Jaybird test suite, so feature checks are only added when they are necessary for Jaybird or the test suite. That said: if you miss feature checks, don't hesitate to create an issue in the Jaybird tracker.

  Since:
    3.0
  Author:
    Mark Rotteveel

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `int` | `getSystemTableCount()` The number of system tables (including monitoring tables).
    `boolean` | `hasProcedureTypeColumn()`
    `boolean` | `isVersionBelow(int majorVersion, int minorVersion)` Check if the major.minor of this version is below the specified version.
    `boolean` | `isVersionEqualOrAbove(int majorVersion, int minorVersion)` Check if the major.minor of this version is equal to or larger than the specified version.
    `boolean` | `isVersionEqualOrAbove(int requiredMajorVersion, int requiredMinorVersion, int requiredVariant)` Check if the major.minor.variant of this version is equal to or larger than the specified required version.
    `boolean` | `isWindows()`
    `int` | `maxDecimalPrecision()`
    `int` | `maxIdentifierLengthBytes()`
    `int` | `maxIdentifierLengthCharacters()`
    `int` | `maxReportedIdentifierLengthBytes()`
    `int` | `reportedMetadataCharacterSetId()`
    `boolean` | `reportsBlobCharSetInDescriptor()`
    `boolean` | `reportsByteLengthInDescriptor()` TODO: Check if this is for all types or only for metadata.
    `static FirebirdSupportInfo` | `supportInfoFor(java.sql.Connection connection)`
    `static FirebirdSupportInfo` | `supportInfoFor(FbAttachment attachment)`
    `static FirebirdSupportInfo` | `supportInfoFor(GDSServerVersion serverVersion)`
    `boolean` | `supportsAuthenticationPlugin(java.lang.String pluginName)` Checks whether the Firebird version supports a plugin name.
    `boolean` | `supportsBigint()` Checks if BIGINT is supported.
    `boolean` | `supportsBoolean()`
    `boolean` | `supportsCancelOperation()`
    `boolean` | `supportsCase()`
    `boolean` | `supportsCaseSensitiveUserNames()`
    `boolean` | `supportsComment()`
    `boolean` | `supportsCustomExceptionMessages()`
    `boolean` | `supportsCustomSecurityDb()`
    `boolean` | `supportsDecfloat()`
    `boolean` | `supportsDecimalPrecision(int precision)` Support for decimal (and numeric) precision.
    `boolean` | `supportsExecuteBlock()`
    `boolean` | `supportsExplainedExecutionPlan()`
    `boolean` | `supportsFixIcu()`
    `boolean` | `supportsFloatBinaryPrecision()`
    `boolean` | `supportsFullSearchableBlobs()`
    `boolean` | `supportsGetSetContext()`
    `boolean` | `supportsGlobalTemporaryTables()`
    `boolean` | `supportsIdentityColumns()`
    `boolean` | `supportsInsertReturning()` TODO: Add methods for other RETURNING types?
    `boolean` | `supportsInt128()`
    `boolean` | `supportsMonitoringTables()`
    `boolean` | `supportsMultiRowReturning()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNativeUserDefinedFunctions()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNBackupCleanHistory()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNBackupFixup()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNBackupInPlaceRestore()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNBackupPreserveSequence()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNBackupWithGuid()`
    `boolean` | `supportsNullDataType()`
    `boolean` | `supportsOds(int odsMajor, int odsMinor)`
    `boolean` | `supportsPackages()`
    `boolean` | `supportsPageSize(int pageSize)`
    `boolean` | `supportsParallelWorkers()`
    `boolean` | `supportsParametrizedExceptions()`
    `boolean` | `supportsPartialIndices()`
    `boolean` | `supportsProtocol(int protocolVersion)` Checks support for protocol versions.
    `boolean` | `supportsPsqlFunctions()`
    `boolean` | `supportsRDB$CONFIG()`
    `boolean` | `supportsRecordVersionPseudoColumn()`
    `boolean` | `supportsReturningAll()`
    `boolean` | `supportsSavepoint()`
    `boolean` | `supportsScrollableCursors()`
    `boolean` | `supportsServerBatch()`
    `boolean` | `supportsSqlUserManagement()`
    `boolean` | `supportsStatementTextLongerThan64K()`
    `boolean` | `supportsStatementTimeouts()`
    `boolean` | `supportsStatementUnprepare()`
    `boolean` | `supportsTableAlias()`
    `boolean` | `supportsTimeZones()`
    `boolean` | `supportsUpdateReturning()`
    `boolean` | `supportsUpgradeOds()`
    `boolean` | `supportsUserAndGroupIdInUser()`
    `boolean` | `supportsUtf8()`
    `boolean` | `supportsWireCompression()`
    `boolean` | `supportsWireCryptArc4()`
    `boolean` | `supportsWireCryptChaCha()`
    `boolean` | `supportsWireEncryption()`
    `boolean` | `supportsWnet()`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### isVersionEqualOrAbove

          public boolean isVersionEqualOrAbove(int majorVersion,
                                               int minorVersion)

      Check if the major.minor of this version is equal to or larger than the specified version.
      Parameters:
        `majorVersion` - Major version
        `minorVersion` - Minor version
      Returns:
        `true` when current major is larger than required, or major is same and minor is equal to or larger than required

    - #### isVersionEqualOrAbove

          public boolean isVersionEqualOrAbove(int requiredMajorVersion,
                                               int requiredMinorVersion,
                                               int requiredVariant)

      Check if the major.minor.variant of this version is equal to or larger than the specified required version.
      Parameters:
        `requiredMajorVersion` - Required major version
        `requiredMinorVersion` - Required minor version
        `requiredVariant` - Required variant version
      Returns:
        `true` when current major is larger than required, or major is same and minor is equal to required and variant equal to or larger than required, or major is same and minor is larger than required

    - #### isVersionBelow

          public boolean isVersionBelow(int majorVersion,
                                        int minorVersion)

      Check if the major.minor of this version is below the specified version.

      Equivalent to `!isVersionEqualOrAbove(majorVersion, minorVersion)`.

      Parameters:
        `majorVersion` - Major version
        `minorVersion` - Minor version
      Returns:
        `true` when current major is smaller than the specified major, or major is same and minor is smaller than the specified minor

    - #### supportsBigint

          public boolean supportsBigint()

      Checks if BIGINT is supported.

      Low level this feature was added in Interbase 6.0 / Firebird 1.0, but it was never surfaced in DDL

      Returns:
        `true` when the data type BIGINT is supported

    - #### supportsBoolean

          public boolean supportsBoolean()

      Returns:
        `true` when the data type BOOLEAN is supported

    - #### supportsDecfloat

          public boolean supportsDecfloat()

      Returns:
        `true` when the data type DECFLOAT is supported

    - #### supportsDecimalPrecision

          public boolean supportsDecimalPrecision(int precision)

      Support for decimal (and numeric) precision.
      Parameters:
        `precision` - Precision
      Returns:
        `true` when DECIMAL (and NUMERIC) support the supplied precision; 0 or negative precision always return `false`

    - #### maxDecimalPrecision

          public int maxDecimalPrecision()

      Returns:
        The maximum decimal and numeric precision

    - #### supportsInt128

          public boolean supportsInt128()

      Returns:
        `true` when the data type INT128 is supported

    - #### supportsComment

          public boolean supportsComment()

      Returns:
        `true` when the COMMENT statement is supported

    - #### supportsGetSetContext

          public boolean supportsGetSetContext()

      Returns:
        `true` when RDB$GET_CONTEXT and RDB$SET_CONTEXT are supported

    - #### supportsCase

          public boolean supportsCase()

      Returns:
        `true` when CASE (simple or searched) is supported

    - #### reportsBlobCharSetInDescriptor

          public boolean reportsBlobCharSetInDescriptor()

      Returns:
        `true` when the blob character set is reported in the scale of the field descriptor

    - #### reportsByteLengthInDescriptor

          public boolean reportsByteLengthInDescriptor()

      TODO: Check if this is for all types or only for metadata.
      Returns:
        `true` when the length of the field descriptor reports the byte length (max byte per char * char length)

    - #### supportsInsertReturning

          public boolean supportsInsertReturning()

      TODO: Add methods for other RETURNING types?
      Returns:
        `true` when INSERT ... RETURNING ... is supported

    - #### supportsUpdateReturning

          public boolean supportsUpdateReturning()

      Returns:
        `true` when UPDATE ... RETURNING ... is supported

    - #### supportsReturningAll

          public boolean supportsReturningAll()

      Returns:
        `true` when `RETURNING *` and `RETURNING ref.*` is supported.

    - #### supportsMultiRowReturning

          public boolean supportsMultiRowReturning()

      Returns:
        `true` when `RETURNING` supports multiple rows, `false` only singleton results

    - #### supportsUtf8

          public boolean supportsUtf8()

      Returns:
        `true` when the server knows the UTF8 character set (NOTE: For firebird 1.5 it is an alias for UNICODE_FSS)

    - #### supportsSavepoint

          public boolean supportsSavepoint()

      Returns:
        `true` when SAVEPOINT is supported

    - #### supportsExecuteBlock

          public boolean supportsExecuteBlock()

      Returns:
        `true` when EXECUTE BLOCK is supported

    - #### supportsSqlUserManagement

          public boolean supportsSqlUserManagement()

      Returns:
        `true` when CREATE/ALTER/DROP USER is supported

    - #### supportsCancelOperation

          public boolean supportsCancelOperation()

      Returns:
        `true` when fb_cancel_operation is supported

    - #### supportsTableAlias

          public boolean supportsTableAlias()

      Returns:
        `true` when field descriptors contain table alias information

    - #### supportsNullDataType

          public boolean supportsNullDataType()

      Returns:
        `true` when the `NULL` data type and `? IS NULL` is supported

    - #### supportsUserAndGroupIdInUser

          public boolean supportsUserAndGroupIdInUser()

      Returns:
        `true` when `isc_spb_sec_userid` and `isc_spb_sec_groupid` are supported.

    - #### supportsProtocol

          public boolean supportsProtocol(int protocolVersion)

      Checks support for protocol versions. The check is limited to those protocol versions supported by Jaybird (10-16 and 18 at this time, although v14 is only implemented as part of v15).
      Parameters:
        `protocolVersion` - Protocol version number
      Returns:
        `true` when the database supports the specified protocol

    - #### supportsCustomExceptionMessages

          public boolean supportsCustomExceptionMessages()

      Returns:
        `true` when custom exception messages are supported.

    - #### supportsParametrizedExceptions

          public boolean supportsParametrizedExceptions()

      Returns:
        `true` when parametrized exceptions are supported.

    - #### supportsMonitoringTables

          public boolean supportsMonitoringTables()

      Returns:
        `true` when monitoring tables are supported.

    - #### supportsGlobalTemporaryTables

          public boolean supportsGlobalTemporaryTables()

      Returns:
        `true` when global temporary tables (GTTs) are supported.

    - #### supportsFullSearchableBlobs

          public boolean supportsFullSearchableBlobs()

      Returns:
        `true` when blobs are fully searchable (e.g. using `LIKE`).

    - #### supportsIdentityColumns

          public boolean supportsIdentityColumns()

      Returns:
        `true` when identity columns are supported.

    - #### maxIdentifierLengthCharacters

          public int maxIdentifierLengthCharacters()

      Returns:
        The maximum number of characters in an identifier.

    - #### maxIdentifierLengthBytes

          public int maxIdentifierLengthBytes()

      Returns:
        The maximum number of bytes in an identifier.
      See Also:
        `maxReportedIdentifierLengthBytes()`

    - #### maxReportedIdentifierLengthBytes

          public int maxReportedIdentifierLengthBytes()

      Returns:
        The maximum number of bytes reported in parameter metadata for an identifier
      See Also:
        `maxIdentifierLengthBytes()`

    - #### reportedMetadataCharacterSetId

          public int reportedMetadataCharacterSetId()

      Returns:
        The character set id of system metadata

    - #### supportsPageSize

          public boolean supportsPageSize(int pageSize)

    - #### supportsWireEncryption

          public boolean supportsWireEncryption()

    - #### supportsWireCryptArc4

          public boolean supportsWireCryptArc4()

    - #### supportsWireCryptChaCha

          public boolean supportsWireCryptChaCha()

    - #### supportsWireCompression

          public boolean supportsWireCompression()

      Returns:
        `true` when zlib wire compression is supported

    - #### supportsNativeUserDefinedFunctions

          public boolean supportsNativeUserDefinedFunctions()

      Returns:
        `true` when UDFs (User Defined Functions) - backed by a native library - are supported

    - #### supportsPsqlFunctions

          public boolean supportsPsqlFunctions()

      Returns:
        `true` when PSQL functions are supported

    - #### supportsAuthenticationPlugin

          public boolean supportsAuthenticationPlugin(java.lang.String pluginName)

      Checks whether the Firebird version supports a plugin name.

      Firebird version 2.5 and earlier are considered to support only `Legacy_Auth`.

      NOTE: This method only checks if the specified plugin was shipped with a Firebird version, it does not check whether the plugin is enabled, nor if additional plugins are installed.

      Parameters:
        `pluginName` - Authentication plugin name (case-sensitive)
      Returns:
        `true` if supported, `false` otherwise.

    - #### supportsRecordVersionPseudoColumn

          public boolean supportsRecordVersionPseudoColumn()

      Returns:
        `true` when `RDB$RECORD_VERSION` pseudo column is supported

    - #### getSystemTableCount

          public int getSystemTableCount()

      The number of system tables (including monitoring tables).
      Returns:
        Number of system tables, or `-1` if the Firebird version is not known/supported.

    - #### supportsCaseSensitiveUserNames

          public boolean supportsCaseSensitiveUserNames()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports case-sensitive usernames.

    - #### supportsExplainedExecutionPlan

          public boolean supportsExplainedExecutionPlan()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports explained (detailed) execution plans.

    - #### supportsTimeZones

          public boolean supportsTimeZones()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports `TIME(STAMP) WITH TIME ZONE`

    - #### supportsPackages

          public boolean supportsPackages()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports packages.

    - #### supportsFloatBinaryPrecision

          public boolean supportsFloatBinaryPrecision()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports FLOAT(p) with binary precision.

    - #### supportsStatementTimeouts

          public boolean supportsStatementTimeouts()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports statement timeouts.

    - #### supportsStatementUnprepare

          public boolean supportsStatementUnprepare()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports statement unprepare (`DSQL_unprepare`)

    - #### supportsNBackupWithGuid

          public boolean supportsNBackupWithGuid()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports NBackup backup with GUID

    - #### supportsNBackupInPlaceRestore

          public boolean supportsNBackupInPlaceRestore()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports NBackup in-place restore

    - #### supportsNBackupFixup

          public boolean supportsNBackupFixup()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports NBackup fixup

    - #### supportsNBackupPreserveSequence

          public boolean supportsNBackupPreserveSequence()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports NBackup preserve sequence

    - #### supportsNBackupCleanHistory

          public boolean supportsNBackupCleanHistory()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports NBackup clean history

    - #### supportsScrollableCursors

          public boolean supportsScrollableCursors()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports scrollable cursors. (NOTE: this does not mean the connection supports it, as that depends on the actual protocol (i.e. PURE_JAVA or derivative))

    - #### supportsServerBatch

          public boolean supportsServerBatch()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports server-side batch updates. (NOTE: this does not mean the connection supports it, as that depends on the actual protocol (i.e. PURE_JAVA or derivative))

    - #### supportsCustomSecurityDb

          public boolean supportsCustomSecurityDb()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports custom security databases

    - #### supportsWnet

          public boolean supportsWnet()

    - #### supportsStatementTextLongerThan64K

          public boolean supportsStatementTextLongerThan64K()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports statement texts longer than 64KB

    - #### supportsParallelWorkers

          public boolean supportsParallelWorkers()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version supports parallel workers

    - #### supportsRDB$CONFIG

          public boolean supportsRDB$CONFIG()

      Returns:
        `true` when this Firebird version has the `RDB$CONFIG` table

    - #### supportsUpgradeOds

          public boolean supportsUpgradeOds()

      Returns:
        `true` if the gfix/service repair option upgrade ODS is supported

    - #### supportsFixIcu

          public boolean supportsFixIcu()

      Returns:
        `true` if the gfix/service repair option icu (fix ICU) is supported

    - #### supportsPartialIndices

          public boolean supportsPartialIndices()

      Returns:
        `true` if partial indices are supported

    - #### supportsOds

          public boolean supportsOds(int odsMajor,
                                     int odsMinor)

      Parameters:
        `odsMajor` - ODS major version
        `odsMinor` - ODS minor version
      Returns:
        `true` if the specified ODS is supported

    - #### hasProcedureTypeColumn

          public boolean hasProcedureTypeColumn()

      Returns:
        `true` if the default ODS of this Firebird version has column `RDB$PROCEDURE_TYPE`

    - #### isWindows

          public boolean isWindows()

    - #### supportInfoFor

          public static FirebirdSupportInfo supportInfoFor(GDSServerVersion serverVersion)

      Parameters:
        `serverVersion` - Server version
      Returns:
        FirebirdVersionSupport instance

    - #### supportInfoFor

          public static FirebirdSupportInfo supportInfoFor(FbAttachment attachment)

      Parameters:
        `attachment` - Low level attachment object
      Returns:
        FirebirdVersionSupport instance

    - #### supportInfoFor

          public static FirebirdSupportInfo supportInfoFor(java.sql.Connection connection)

      Parameters:
        `connection` - A database connection (NOTE: `Connection` is used, but it must be or unwrap to a `FirebirdConnection`).
      Returns:
        FirebirdVersionSupport instance
      Throws:
        `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - When the provided connection is not an instance of or wrapper for `FirebirdConnection`
        `java.lang.IllegalStateException` - When an SQLException occurs unwrapping the connection, or creating the `FirebirdSupportInfo` instance

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