JDBC ReusultSet Type

From: Showmethecode (showmethecode_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 07:34:06 -0800

I was exploring the resultset type in JDBC 2.0 & 3.0 API.
i wrote a very simple n basic code snippet which is as follows:

" Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        
                        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("Select * from mytest");
                        int i = rs.getType();
                        if(i == ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY)
                                System.out.println("Forward Type Only");
                                
                        if(i == ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE)
                                System.out.println("Scroll Insesitive");
                        
                        if(i == ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE)
                                System.out.println("Scroll Sensitive");
                        
                        rs.absolute(3);
                        System.out.println("The Id is :" + rs.getInt(1));
                        System.out.println("The Name is :" + rs.getString(2));
                        
                        rs.relative(-2);
                        System.out.println("The Id is :" + rs.getInt(1));
                        System.out.println("The Name is :" + rs.getString(2));"

After executing this snippet(within a class with main method and
neccessary classes loaded), i m able to pull up data and i saw that
the result type shown is "Forward Type Only" but still when i do
"rs.relative(-2);" it allows me to go back and print the correct
record ( i had 3 records in the table, so this statement prints the
first record).

How is this possible?
is FORWARD_ONLY type is not forward only in strict sense?
what exactly it means by Forward only?

TIA

~showmethecode