javax.jcr.query
Interface QueryResult

public interface QueryResult

A QueryResult object. Returned by Query.execute().

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getColumnNames() Returns an array of all the property names (column names) in this result set.
NodeIterator	getNodes() Returns an iterator over all nodes that match the query.
RowIterator	getRows() Returns an iterator over the Rows of the query result table.

Method Detail

getColumnNames

public java.lang.String[] getColumnNames()
                                  throws RepositoryException

Returns an array of all the property names (column names) in this result set.

Returns:

a PropertyIterator

Throws:

RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getRows

public RowIterator getRows()
                    throws RepositoryException

Returns an iterator over the Rows of the query result table. If an ORDER BY clause was specified in the query, then the order of the returned properties in the iterator will reflect the order specified in that clause. If no items match, an empty iterator is returned.

Returns:

a RowIterator

Throws:

RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getNodes

public NodeIterator getNodes()
                      throws RepositoryException

Returns an iterator over all nodes that match the query. If an ORDER BY clause was specified in the query, then the order of the returned nodes in the iterator will reflect the order specified in that clause. If no nodes match, an empty iterator is returned.

Returns:

a NodeIterator

Throws:

RepositoryException - if an error occurs.