Returning arrays from stored proc to java ?

What you are looking for are the java.sql.Array and oracle.sql.Array classes.

The following example, from the Oracle 8i JDBC Developers Guide and Reference should explain the process:


Weakly Typed Arrays?ArrayExample.java
This sample program uses JDBC to create a table with a VARRAY. It inserts a new
array object into the table, then prints the contents of the table. For more
information on arrays, see Chapter 10, "Working with Oracle Collections".


import java.sql.*;
import oracle.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.oracore.Util;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
public class ArrayExample
{
  public static void main (String args[])
    throws Exception

  {
// Register the Oracle JDBC driver
    DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
// Connect to the database
// You need to put your database name after the @ sign in
// the connection URL.
//
// The sample retrieves an varray of type "NUM_VARRAY",
// materializes the object as an object of type ARRAY.
// A new ARRAY is then inserted into the database.
    Connection conn =
DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:oracle:oci8:@",
"scott", "tiger");
// It?s faster when auto commit is off
    conn.setAutoCommit (false);
// Create a Statement
    Statement stmt = conn.createStatement ();
    try
    {
      stmt.execute ("DROP TABLE varray_table");
      stmt.execute ("DROP TYPE num_varray");
    }
    catch (SQLException e)
    {
// the above drop statements will throw exceptions
// if the types and tables did not exist before. Just ingore it.
    }
    stmt.execute ("CREATE TYPE num_varray AS VARRAY(10) OF     NUMBER(12, 2)");
     stmt.execute ("CREATE TABLE varray_table (col1 num_varray)");
    stmt.execute ("INSERT INTO varray_table VALUES (num_varray(100, 200))");
    ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM varray_table");
    showResultSet (rs);
//now insert a new row
// create a new ARRAY object
    int elements[] = { 300, 400, 500, 600 };
    ArrayDescriptor desc = ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("NUM_VARRAY", conn);

    ARRAY newArray = new ARRAY(desc, conn, elements);
    PreparedStatement ps =
    conn.prepareStatement ("insert into varray_table values (?)");
    ((OraclePreparedStatement)ps).setARRAY (1, newArray);
    ps.execute ();
    rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM varray_table");
    showResultSet (rs);
// Close all the resources
    rs.close();
    ps.close();
    stmt.close();
    conn.close();
  }

  public static void showResultSet (ResultSet rs)
throws SQLException
    {
      int line = 0;
      while (rs.next())
      {
        line++;
        System.out.println("Row "+line+" : ");
        ARRAY array = ((OracleResultSet)rs).getARRAY (1);
        System.out.println ("Array is of type  "+array.getSQLTypeName());
        System.out.println
("Array element is of typecode "+array.getBaseType());
        System.out.println ("Array is of length "+array.length());
// get Array elements
        BigDecimal[] values = (BigDecimal[]) array.getArray();
        for (int i=0; i<values.length; i++)
        {
          BigDecimal value = (BigDecimal) values[i];
          System.out.println(">> index "+i+" = "+value.intValue());
        }
      }
    }
  }



Hope this helps.