/**
* Constructs a <code>SerialRef</code> object from the given <code>Ref</code> object.
*
* @param ref a Ref object; cannot be <code>null</code>
* @throws SQLException if a database access occurs; if <code>ref</code> is <code>null</code>; or
* if the <code>Ref</code> object returns a <code>null</code> value base type name.
* @throws SerialException if an error occurs serializing the <code>Ref</code> object
*/
public SerialRef(Ref ref) throws SerialException, SQLException {
if (ref == null) {
throw new SQLException("Cannot instantiate a SerialRef object " + "with a null Ref object");
}
reference = ref;
object = ref;
if (ref.getBaseTypeName() == null) {
throw new SQLException(
"Cannot instantiate a SerialRef object " + "that returns a null base type name");
} else {
baseTypeName = new String(ref.getBaseTypeName());
}
}
