This document contains the final specification of the JDBCTM 2.1 Core API.
1.2 Target audience
The target audience for this document includes vendors of JDBC technology-based
drivers (JDBC drivers) whose products implement the JDBC API, other vendors who
want to provide support for the JDBC API in their products, and end-users developing
applications using the JDBC API.
1.3 Background
The initial release of the JDBC API has been well received by both end-users developing
database applications using JavaTM technology, and vendors of database products.
Due to its wide acceptance, the JDBC API has become an API that is core to the Java
platform. We would like to thank everyone who has worked on or used JDBC technology
for helping to make it successful.
Since the first release of the JDBC API, we have received valuable feedback from the
members of the community of JDBC technology users regarding new features that
would make useful additions to the API. We are continuing to solicit additional input
and ideas from everyone who has an interest in JDBC technology, and we encourage
everyone to send us their requests and ideas for new features and directions.
1.4 Organization
The JDBC API has been separated into two parts: the core JDBC 2.1 API and the JDBC
2.0 Optional Package API. Chapters 2 and 3 of this document discuss goals and give an
overview of the JDBC API as a whole. The remainder of the document contains a detailed
specification of the core JDBC 2.1 API. A detailed specification for the JDBC 2.0
Optional Package API is presented in a separate document.
1.5 Terminology
In this document we refer to the previous release of the JDBC API as the JDBC 1.0 API.
1.6 Acknowledgments
The JDBC API design effort has been a broad industry effort that has involved over
twenty partner companies. We would like to thank the many reviewers who have contributed
to previous versions of the specification. We especially thank Gray Clossman
and Stefan Dessloch for making the initial proposal for adding SQL99 types to the
JDBC API.
