Gives the driver a performance hint as to the direction in which the rows in this RowSet object will be processed. The driver may ignore this hint.

A RowSet object inherits the default properties of the ResultSet object from which it got its data. That ResultSet object's default fetch direction is set by the Statement object that created it.

This method applies to a RowSet object only while it is connected to a database using a JDBC driver.

A RowSet object may use this method at any time to change its setting for the fetch direction.

Parameters:

direction one of ResultSet.FETCH_FORWARD, ResultSet.FETCH_REVERSE, or ResultSet.FETCH_UNKNOWN

Exceptions:

SQLException if (1) the RowSet type is TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY and the given fetch direction is not FETCH_FORWARD or (2) the given fetch direction is not one of the following: ResultSet.FETCH_FORWARD, ResultSet.FETCH_REVERSE, or ResultSet.FETCH_UNKNOWN