/*
 * Copyright 2004-2019 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the MPL 2.0,
 * and the EPL 1.0 (http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
 * Initial Developer: H2 Group
 */
package org.h2.value;

Extended parameters of a data type.
/**
 * Extended parameters of a data type.
 */
public abstract class ExtTypeInfo {

    
Casts a specified value to this data type.
Params:
value – 
           value to cast
Returns:
casted value/**
     * Casts a specified value to this data type.
     *
     * @param value
     *            value to cast
     * @return casted value
     */
    public abstract Value cast(Value value);

    
Returns SQL including parentheses that should be appended to a type name.
Returns:
SQL including parentheses that should be appended to a type name/**
     * Returns SQL including parentheses that should be appended to a type name.
     *
     * @return SQL including parentheses that should be appended to a type name
     */
    public abstract String getCreateSQL();

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getCreateSQL();
    }

}