Package org.hibernate.dialect

Enum Class NullOrdering

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<NullOrdering>

org.hibernate.dialect.NullOrdering

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<NullOrdering>, java.lang.constant.Constable

public enum NullOrdering
extends Enum<NullOrdering>

The order of null.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

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 Details

values

public static NullOrdering[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static NullOrdering valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null