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package org.jooq.meta;

An interface defining a sequence
Author:
Lukas Eder/**
 * An interface defining a sequence
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface SequenceDefinition extends TypedElementDefinition<SchemaDefinition> {

    
Get the start value for this sequence or null, if no such
value is specified.
/**
     * Get the start value for this sequence or <code>null</code>, if no such
     * value is specified.
     */
    Number getStartWith();

    
Get the increment for this sequence or null, if no such
value is specified.
/**
     * Get the increment for this sequence or <code>null</code>, if no such
     * value is specified.
     */
    Number getIncrementBy();

    
Get the minimum value for this sequence or null, if no such
value is specified.
/**
     * Get the minimum value for this sequence or <code>null</code>, if no such
     * value is specified.
     */
    Number getMinvalue();

    
Get the maximum value for this sequence or null, if no such
value is specified.
/**
     * Get the maximum value for this sequence or <code>null</code>, if no such
     * value is specified.
     */
    Number getMaxvalue();

    
Returns true if this sequence cycles to getMinvalue() when it reaches getMaxvalue(). /**
     * Returns {@code true} if this sequence cycles to {@link #getMinvalue()}
     * when it reaches {@link #getMaxvalue()}.
     */
    boolean getCycle();

    
Get the number of sequence values to cache for this sequence or
null, if no such value is specified.
/**
     * Get the number of sequence values to cache for this sequence or
     * <code>null</code>, if no such value is specified.
     */
    Number getCache();

}