--- /dev/null
+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io.Storable\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io;\r
+\r
+import java.lang.ClassNotFoundException;\r
+\r
+import java.io.IOException; \r
+\r
+/**\r
+ Formatable for holding SQL data (which may be null).\r
+ @see Formatable\r
+ */\r
+public interface Storable\r
+extends Formatable\r
+{\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ Return whether the value is null or not.\r
+ \r
+ @return true if the value is null and false otherwise.\r
+ **/\r
+ public boolean isNull();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ Restore this object to its (SQL)null value.\r
+ **/\r
+ public void restoreToNull();\r
+}\r