Use of Complex Oracle Object with JDBC

Question

How can I use Oracle Object(or PL/Sql type) with JDBC
I have a structure of record with some attributes and table of another attribute.
My types are defined as follows !
<code>
CREATE TYPE EMPLOYEE_GRADES AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(50)
CREATE TYPE EMPLOYEES AS OBJECT(EmpName VARCHAR2(50), EmpGrades Employee_Grades)
</code>
My custom object might have the following structure (or should it be different)
<code>
public class EmpColl implements CustomDatum, CustomDatumFactory
-- other stuff ----
/* fields */
public String empName;
public Collection empNos;
</code>
I want to pass an variable of type EMPLOYEES to an procedure.
Thanx in Advance
Chetan
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Answer 1

<code>
CREATE TYPE EMPLOYEE_GRADES AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(50)
CREATE TYPE EMPLOYEES AS OBJECT(EmpName VARCHAR2(50), EmpGrades Employee_Grades)
</code>The easiest is to use JPublisher (which comes with the SQLJ distribution).
Say:
jpub -user=username/password -sql=EMPLOYEES:Employees,EMPLOYEE_GRADES:EmployeeGrades
You will get (among others) the Java files Employees.java and EmployeeGrade.java. Go ahead, compile and use them.
Look in [Oracle Home]/sqlj/demo/jpub for a number of additional examples, and in the JPublisher User's Guide for background info.
The next (9.2) release of JPublisher will also provide some support for accessing legacy PL/SQL types from Java.