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package java.sql;

/**
 * <p>Driver properties for making a connection. The
 * <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> class is of interest only to advanced programmers
 * who need to interact with a Driver via the method
 * <code>getDriverProperties</code> to discover
 * and supply properties for connections.
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */

public class DriverPropertyInfo {

 /**
 * Constructs a <code>DriverPropertyInfo</code> object with a given
 * name and value. The <code>description</code> and <code>choices</code>
 * are initialized to <code>null</code> and <code>required</code> is initialized
 * to <code>false</code>.
 *
 * @param name the name of the property
 * @param value the current value, which may be null
 */
 public DriverPropertyInfo(String name, String value) {
 this.name = name;
 this.value = value;
 }

 /**
 * The name of the property.
 */
 public String name;

 /**
 * A brief description of the property, which may be null.
 */
 public String description = null;

 /**
 * The <code>required</code> field is <code>true</code> if a value must be
 * supplied for this property
 * during <code>Driver.connect</code> and <code>false</code> otherwise.
 */
 public boolean required = false;

 /**
 * The <code>value</code> field specifies the current value of
 * the property, based on a combination of the information
 * supplied to the method <code>getPropertyInfo</code>, the
 * Java environment, and the driver-supplied default values. This field
 * may be null if no value is known.
 */
 public String value = null;

 /**
 * An array of possible values if the value for the field
 * <code>DriverPropertyInfo.value</code> may be selected
 * from a particular set of values; otherwise null.
 */
 public String[] choices = null;
}