Business Component Data Types

The following table lists the data types supported by Oracle Business Components for Java. These types are used to map table columns to entity object attributes. In addition, you can use a custom domain as a type.

In version 3.2 of Business Components for Java, interMedia data types — audio, image, and video object types — are supported. Types that were added to this table in version 3.2 are highlighted.

Note that both nested tables and varrays are mapped to oracle.jbo.domain.Array.

Database Column Type

Java Class Name

JDBC Type

JDBC SQL Type ID

Int

NUMBER

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

NUMERIC

NUMBER

2

TINYINT

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

TINYINT

TINYINT

-6

SMALLINT

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

5

INTEGER

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

INTEGER

INTEGER

4

BIGINT

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

2

REAL

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

REAL

REAL

7

DOUBLE

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

DOUBLE

DOUBLE

8

FLOAT

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

FLOAT

FLOAT

6

DECIMAL

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

DECIMAL

DECIMAL

3

NUMERIC

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

NUMERIC

NUMBER

2

BIT

oracle.jbo.domain.Number

BIT

BIT

-7

NUMBER

java.lang.Boolean

BIT

BIT

-7

VARCHAR2

java.lang.String

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

NVARCHAR2

java.lang.String

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

CHAR

java.lang.String

CHAR

CHAR

1

VARCHAR

java.lang.String

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

LONG

java.lang.String

LONGVARCHAR

LONGVARCHAR

-1

RAW

oracle.jbo.domain.Raw

BINARY

BINARY

-2

RAW

oracle.jbo.domain.Raw

VARBINARY

VARBINARY

-3

RAW

oracle.jbo.domain.Raw

LONGVARBINARY

LONGVARBINARY

-4

LONG RAW

oracle.jbo.domain.Raw

LONGVARBINARY

LONGVARBINARY

-4

CLOB

oracle.jbo.domain.ClobDomain

CLOB

CLOB

2005

BLOB

oracle.jbo.domain.BlobDomain

BLOB

BLOB

2004

BFILE

oracle.jbo.domain.BFileDomain

BFILE

BFILE

-13

TIMESTAMP

oracle.jbo.domain.Date

TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

93

TIME

oracle.jbo.domain.Date

TIMESTAMP

TIME

92

TIME

oracle.jbo.domain.Date

TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

93

DATE

oracle.jbo.domain.Date

DATE

DATE

91

DATE

oracle.jbo.domain.Date

TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

93

ROWID

oracle.jbo.domain.RowID

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

VARCHAR2

oracle.jbo.domain.Char

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

NVARCHAR2

oracle.jbo.domain.Char

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

CHAR

oracle.jbo.domain.Char

CHAR

CHAR

1

VARCHAR

oracle.jbo.domain.Char

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

LONG

oracle.jbo.domain.Char

LONGVARCHAR

LONGVARCHAR

-1

VARCHAR

java.lang.String

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

12

NUMBER

java.lang.Integer

NUMERIC

NUMBER

2

NUMBER

java.math.BigDecimal

NUMERIC

NUMBER

2

TIMESTAMP

java.sql.Timestamp

TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

93

DATE

java.sql.Date

DATE

DATE

91

STRUCT

java.lang.Object

STRUCT

STRUCT

2002

ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE

oracle.ord.im.OrdImageDomain

STRUCT

STRUCT

2002

ORDSYS.ORDAUDIO

oracle.ord.im.OrdAudioDomain

STRUCT

STRUCT

2002

ORDSYS.ORDVIDEO

oracle.ord.im.OrdVideoDomain

STRUCT

STRUCT

2002

ORDSYS.ORDVIR

oracle.ord.im.OrdVirDomain

STRUCT

STRUCT

2002

ARRAY

oracle.jbo.domain.Array

ARRAY

ARRAY

2003

REF

oracle.sql.REF

REF

REF

2006

STRUCT

java.lang.Object

OTHER

OTHER

1111