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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2025.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.strategy;
+
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.Date;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.automation.AutomationStatus;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.BaseTest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.TestUtils;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.jdbc.ConnectionManager;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.module.rdbms.jdbc.QueryManager;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for BaseRDBMSActionStrategy 
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class BaseRDBMSActionStrategyTest extends BaseTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @BeforeEach
+   void beforeEach() throws SQLException
+   {
+      try(Connection connection = getConnection())
+      {
+         QueryManager.executeUpdate(connection, """
+            CREATE TABLE test_table
+            (
+               int_col INTEGER,
+               datetime_col DATETIME,
+               char_col CHAR(1),
+               date_col DATE,
+               time_col TIME,
+               long_col LONG
+            )
+            """);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @AfterEach
+   void afterEach() throws SQLException
+   {
+      try(Connection connection = getConnection())
+      {
+         QueryManager.executeUpdate(connection, "DROP TABLE test_table");
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private Connection getConnection() throws SQLException
+   {
+      return new ConnectionManager().getConnection(TestUtils.defineBackend());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Test the various overloads that bind params.
+    ** Note, we're just confirming that these methods don't throw...
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testBindParams() throws SQLException
+   {
+      try(Connection connection = getConnection())
+      {
+         long              ctMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+         PreparedStatement ps       = connection.prepareStatement("UPDATE test_table SET int_col = ? WHERE int_col > 0");
+
+         BaseRDBMSActionStrategy strategy = new BaseRDBMSActionStrategy();
+
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // these calls - we just want to assert that they don't throw any exceptions //
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, (short) 1);
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, (long) 1);
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, true);
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, BigDecimal.ONE);
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, "hello".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, new Timestamp(ctMillis));
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, new Date(ctMillis));
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, new GregorianCalendar());
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, LocalDate.now());
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, OffsetDateTime.now());
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, LocalDateTime.now());
+         strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, AutomationStatus.PENDING_INSERT_AUTOMATIONS);
+
+         assertThrows(SQLException.class, () -> strategy.bindParamObject(ps, 1, new Object()));
+
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (Integer) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (Boolean) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (BigDecimal) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (byte[]) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (Timestamp) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (String) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (Date) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (GregorianCalendar) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (LocalDate) null);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, (LocalDateTime) null);
+
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, 1);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, true);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, BigDecimal.ONE);
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, "hello".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, new Timestamp(ctMillis));
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, "hello");
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, new Date(ctMillis));
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, new GregorianCalendar());
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, LocalDate.now());
+         strategy.bindParam(ps, 1, LocalDateTime.now());
+
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // originally longs were being downgraded to int when binding, so, verify that doesn't happen //
+         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      }
+   }
+
+}
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