JDBC & geo objects

I'm a Java novice and I would like to be able to
use JDBC to get Points and Paths into a Java
program as native Java objects.  Note that the
binary form of Paths is more than a simple array.

I know how to do this in C, but getting the object
definition and reading the object into Java are
not in my scope.

Right now, the only thing I can thing of is to
write a java export routine for the objects and
figure out how to make JDBC push it along.  I am
getting conflicting info about whether java can
read byte wads into object--I think it needs
to extract the pieces and assign the attributes
individually.  But I may be talking in circles here.

Examples, help and advice are very welcome.

Thanks for your help,

elein

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Elein Mustain
NextBus Information Services, Inc.
elein@nextbus.com
(510)420-3120