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package org.hibernate;

Defines precedence of null values within ORDER BY clause. 
Author:
Lukasz Antoniak (lukasz dot antoniak at gmail dot com)/**
 * Defines precedence of null values within {@code ORDER BY} clause.
 *
 * @author Lukasz Antoniak (lukasz dot antoniak at gmail dot com)
 */
public enum NullPrecedence {
	
Null precedence not specified. Relies on the RDBMS implementation.
/**
	 * Null precedence not specified. Relies on the RDBMS implementation.
	 */
	NONE,

	
Null values appear at the beginning of the sorted collection.
/**
	 * Null values appear at the beginning of the sorted collection.
	 */
	FIRST,

	
Null values appear at the end of the sorted collection.
/**
	 * Null values appear at the end of the sorted collection.
	 */
	LAST;

	
Interprets a string representation of a NullPrecedence, returning null by default. For alternative default handling, see parse(String, NullPrecedence) 
Params:
name – The String representation to interpret
Returns:
The recognized NullPrecedence, or null/**
	 * Interprets a string representation of a NullPrecedence, returning {@code null} by default.  For
	 * alternative default handling, see {@link #parse(String, NullPrecedence)}
	 *
	 * @param name The String representation to interpret
	 *
	 * @return The recognized NullPrecedence, or {@code null}
	 */
	public static NullPrecedence parse(String name) {
		if ( "none".equalsIgnoreCase( name ) ) {
			return NullPrecedence.NONE;
		}
		else if ( "first".equalsIgnoreCase( name ) ) {
			return NullPrecedence.FIRST;
		}
		else if ( "last".equalsIgnoreCase( name ) ) {
			return NullPrecedence.LAST;
		}
		return null;
	}

	
Interprets a string representation of a NullPrecedence, returning the specified default if not recognized.
Params:
name – The String representation to interpret
defaultValue – The default value to use
Returns:
The recognized NullPrecedence, or defaultValue./**
	 * Interprets a string representation of a NullPrecedence, returning the specified default if not recognized.
	 *
	 * @param name The String representation to interpret
	 * @param defaultValue The default value to use
	 *
	 * @return The recognized NullPrecedence, or {@code defaultValue}.
	 */
	public static NullPrecedence parse(String name, NullPrecedence defaultValue) {
		final NullPrecedence value = parse( name );
		return value != null ? value : defaultValue;
	}
}