NullOrdering (Hibernate Javadocs)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<NullOrdering>
- - org.hibernate.dialect.NullOrdering

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<NullOrdering>
```
public enum NullOrdering
extends Enum<NullOrdering>
```
The order of null.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description
`FIRST`	Null is always ordered first.
`GREATEST`	Null is treated as the greatest value.
`LAST`	Null is always ordered last.
`SMALLEST`	Null is treated as the smallest value.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static NullOrdering`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static NullOrdering[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Enum Constant Detail
  - SMALLEST
```
public static final NullOrdering SMALLEST
```
    Null is treated as the smallest value.
  - GREATEST
```
public static final NullOrdering GREATEST
```
    Null is treated as the greatest value.
  - FIRST
```
public static final NullOrdering FIRST
```
    Null is always ordered first.
  - LAST
```
public static final NullOrdering LAST
```
    Null is always ordered last.
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static NullOrdering[] values()
```
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
    for (NullOrdering c : NullOrdering.values()) System.out.println(c);
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static NullOrdering valueOf(String name)
```
    Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the enum constant with the specified name
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    NullPointerException - if the argument is null