public abstract int getFetchDirection () throws SQLException

Retrieves the direction for fetching rows from database tables that is the default for result sets generated from this Statement object. If this Statement object has not set a fetch direction by calling the method setFetchDirection, the return value is implementation-specific.

Returns:  the default fetch direction for result sets generated from this Statement object

Exceptions:
SQLException    if a database access error occurs or this method is called on a closed Statement

See also:
setFetchDirection

Since:  1.2