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package org.jooq;

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import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.CUBRID;
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import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.DERBY;
import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.FIREBIRD;
import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.H2;
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import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.HSQLDB;
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import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MARIADB;
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import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
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import org.jooq.impl.DSL;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

A sequence.
 Instances can be created using DSL.sequence(Name) and overloads. 
Author:
Lukas Eder/**
 * A sequence.
 * <p>
 * Instances can be created using {@link DSL#sequence(Name)} and overloads.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 */
public interface Sequence<T extends Number> extends Qualified, Typed<T> {

    
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.
     */
    @Nullable
    Field<T> 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.
     */
    @Nullable
    Field<T> 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.
     */
    @Nullable
    Field<T> 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.
     */
    @Nullable
    Field<T> 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.
     */
    @Nullable
    Field<T> getCache();

    
An expression to get the current value of this sequence.
/**
     * An expression to get the current value of this sequence.
     */
    @NotNull
    @Support({ CUBRID, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, POSTGRES })
    Field<T> currval();

    
An expression to increment the sequence and get the next value.
/**
     * An expression to increment the sequence and get the next value.
     */
    @NotNull
    @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, POSTGRES })
    Field<T> nextval();

    
An expression to increment the sequence and get the next values.
 This is done using DSL.generateSeries(int, int). /**
     * An expression to increment the sequence and get the next values.
     * <p>
     * This is done using {@link DSL#generateSeries(int, int)}.
     */
    @NotNull
    @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, POSTGRES })
    Select<Record1<T>> nextvals(int size);
}