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017    package org.apache.commons.dbutils;
018    
019    import java.sql.ResultSet;
020    import java.sql.SQLException;
021    
022    /**
023     * Implementations of this interface convert ResultSets into other objects.
024     */
025    public interface ResultSetHandler {
026    
027        /**
028         * Turn the <code>ResultSet</code> into an Object.
029         * 
030         * @param rs The <code>ResultSet</code> to handle.  It has not been touched
031         * before being passed to this method.
032         * 
033         * @return An Object initialized with <code>ResultSet</code> data. It is
034         * legal for implementations to return <code>null</code> if the 
035         * <code>ResultSet</code> contained 0 rows.
036         * 
037         * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs
038         */
039        public Object handle(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException;
040    
041    }