--- title: "getObject Method (java.lang.String) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "01/19/2017" ms.prod: sql ms.prod_service: connectivity ms.reviewer: "" ms.technology: connectivity ms.topic: conceptual apiname: - "SQLServerCallableStatement.getObject (java.lang.String)" apilocation: - "sqljdbc.jar" apitype: "Assembly" ms.assetid: a1e955ce-13db-4828-ad59-d9b6a8b2c6cc author: David-Engel ms.author: v-daenge --- # getObject Method (java.lang.String) [!INCLUDE[Driver_JDBC_Download](../../../includes/driver_jdbc_download.md)] Retrieves the value of the designated parameter as an object in the Java programming language given the parameter name. ## Syntax ``` public java.lang.Object getObject(java.lang.String sCol) ``` #### Parameters *sCol* A **String** that contains the parameter name. ## Return Value An **Object** value. ## Exceptions [SQLServerException](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverexception-class.md) ## Remarks This getObject method is specified by the getObject method in the java.sql.CallableStatement interface. This method will return the value of the given column as a Java object. The type of the Java object will be the default Java object type corresponding to the SQL type of the column, following the mapping for built-in types that is specified in the JDBC specification. If the value is an SQL NULL, the driver returns a Java null. This method can also be used to read database-specific abstract data types. In the JDBC 2.0 API, the behavior of the getObject method is extended to materialize data of SQL user-defined types. When a column contains a structured or distinct value, the behavior of this method is as if it were a call to `getObject(columnIndex, this.getStatement().getConnection().getTypeMap())`. Beginning in the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] JDBC Driver 3.0: - A value of type **date** will be returned as a java.sql.Date object. - A value of type **time** will be returned as a java.sql.Time object. - A value of type **datetime2** will be returned as a java.sql.Timestamp object. - A value of type **datetimeoffset** will be returned as a microsoft.sql.DateTimeOffset object. ## See Also [getObject Method (SQLServerCallableStatement)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/getobject-method-sqlservercallablestatement.md) [SQLServerCallableStatement Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlservercallablestatement-members.md) [SQLServerCallableStatement Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlservercallablestatement-class.md)