Creating an opaque type without an existing Java class

To create an opaque type without an existing Java™ class:

Create a default sbspace on the database server to hold the JAR file that contains the code for the opaque type.
For information about creating an sbspace, see the IBM® Informix® Administrator's Guide for your database server and the IBM J/Foundation Developer's Guide.
Open a JDBC connection.
Make sure the connection object has a database object associated with it. For details, see Connect to the database.

Instantiate a UDTManager object and a UDTMetaData object:

UDTManager udtmgr = new UDTManager(connection);
UDTMetaData mdata = new UDTMetaData();

Specify the characteristics of the opaque type by calling methods in the UDTMetaData class:

mdata.setSQLName("acircle");
mdata.setLength(24);
mdata.setFieldCount(3);
mdata.setFieldName(1, "x");
mdata.setFieldName(2, "y");
mdata.setFieldName(3, "radius");
mdata.setFieldType
   (1,com.informix.lang.IfxTypes.IFX_TYPE_INT);
mdata.setFieldType
   (2,com.informix.lang.IfxTypes.IFX_TYPE_INT);
mdata.setFieldType
   (3,com.informix.lang.IfxTypes.IFX_TYPE_INT);
mdata.setJarFileSQLName("ACircleJar");

For more information about setting characteristics for opaque types, see Specify characteristics for an opaque type.

Create the Java file, the class file, and the JAR file:

mdata.keepJavaFile(true);
String classname = udtmgr.createUDTClass(mdata);
String jarfilename = udtmgr.createJar(mdata, new String[] 
   {classname + .class"});

For more information, see Creating the JAR and class files.

If desired, specify a path name where the driver should place the JAR file in the database server file system:
```
String pathname = "/work/srv93/examples";
udtmgr.setJarFileTmpPath(pathname);
```
Make sure the path exists in the server file system. For more information, see Specify a JAR file temporary path.
Send the class definition to the database server:
```
udtmgr.createUDT(mdata, jarfilename, classname, 0);
```
For more information, see Send the class definition to the database server.

For a complete code example of using the preceding steps to create an opaque type, see Create an opaque type without an existing Java class.