OracleProviderFactory Class

Represents a factory required to create inheritors of generic base classes to use with dotConnect for Oracle.

For a list of all members of this type, see OracleProviderFactory members.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactory
      Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleProviderFactory
         Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleClientFactory

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
Public Class OracleProviderFactory 
   Inherits DbProviderFactory
   Implements IServiceProvider

[C#]
public class OracleProviderFactory : DbProviderFactory, IServiceProvider

Remarks

You can use OracleProviderFactory class to implement a code where user chooses which DBMS to use.

To obtain an instance of the class you can use the DbProviderFactories.GetFactory method with the invariant name Devart.Data.Oracle.

Example

This sample routine creates and returns DbConnection object.

[C#]

public DbConnection GetConnectionBaseClass2(DbProviderFactory factory) 
{ 
// if our factory supports creating a DbConnection, return it. 
if ((factory.SupportedClasses & DbProviderSupportedClasses.DbConnection) > 0) 
  return factory.CreateConnection(); 
else 
  return null; 
}

[Visual Basic]

Public Function GetConnectionBaseClass2(ByVal factory As DbProviderFactory) As DbConnection
   'if our factory supports creating a DbConnection, return it.
   If ((factory.SupportedClasses And DbProviderSupportedClasses.DbConnection) > 0) Then
     Return factory.CreateConnection()
   Else
     Return Nothing
   End If
 End Function

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