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package org.jooq;

import org.jooq.impl.DSL;

A collation.

In SQL, a collation is a set of objects defining character encoding and/or
sort order of character data. jOOQ supports the collation type in various SQL
clauses of DDL and DML statements.

Example:

// Assuming import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.*;
using(configuration)
   .select(ACTOR.FIRST_NAME, ACTOR.LAST_NAME)
   .from(ACTOR)
   .orderBy(
       ACTOR.FIRST_NAME.collate(collation("utf8_german2_ci")),
       ACTOR.LAST_NAME.collate(collation("utf8_german2_ci")))
   .fetch();

 Instances can be created using DSL.collation(Name) and overloads. 
Author:
Lukas Eder/**
 * A collation.
 * <p>
 * In SQL, a collation is a set of objects defining character encoding and/or
 * sort order of character data. jOOQ supports the collation type in various SQL
 * clauses of DDL and DML statements.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Example:</strong>
 * <p>
 * <code><pre>
 * // Assuming import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.*;
 *
 * using(configuration)
 *    .select(ACTOR.FIRST_NAME, ACTOR.LAST_NAME)
 *    .from(ACTOR)
 *    .orderBy(
 *        ACTOR.FIRST_NAME.collate(collation("utf8_german2_ci")),
 *        ACTOR.LAST_NAME.collate(collation("utf8_german2_ci")))
 *    .fetch();
 * </pre></code>
 * <p>
 * Instances can be created using {@link DSL#collation(Name)} and overloads.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface Collation extends QueryPart {

    
The name of the collation.
/**
     * The name of the collation.
     */
    String getName();
}