# DataTypeProvider

abstract class DataTypeProvider

Provides definitions for all the supported SQL data types. By default, definitions from the SQL standard are provided but if a vendor doesn't support a specific type, or it is implemented differently, the corresponding function should be overridden.

## Constructors

DataTypeProvider
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constructor()

## Functions

binaryType
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abstract fun binaryType(): String

Binary type for storing binary strings of variable and unlimited length.

open fun binaryType(length: Int): String

Binary type for storing binary strings of a specific length.

blobType
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open fun blobType(): String

Binary type for storing BLOBs.

booleanFromStringToBoolean
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open fun booleanFromStringToBoolean(value: String): Boolean

Returns the boolean value of the specified SQL value.

booleanToStatementString
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open fun booleanToStatementString(bool: Boolean): String

Returns the SQL representation of the specified bool value.

booleanType
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open fun booleanType(): String

Data type for storing boolean values.

byteType
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open fun byteType(): String

Numeric type for storing 1-byte integers.

dateTimeType
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open fun dateTimeType(): String

Data type for storing both date and time without a time zone.

dateType
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open fun dateType(): String

Data type for storing date without time or a time zone.

doubleType
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open fun doubleType(): String

Numeric type for storing 8-byte (double precision) floating-point numbers.

floatType
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open fun floatType(): String

Numeric type for storing 4-byte (single precision) floating-point numbers.

hexToDb
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abstract fun hexToDb(hexString: String): String

Returns the hex-encoded value to be inserted into the database.

integerAutoincType
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open fun integerAutoincType(): String

Numeric type for storing 4-byte integers, marked as auto-increment.

integerType
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open fun integerType(): String

Numeric type for storing 4-byte integers.

jsonBType
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open fun jsonBType(): String

Data type for storing JSON in a decomposed binary format.

jsonType
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open fun jsonType(): String

Data type for storing JSON in a non-binary text format.

largeTextType
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open fun largeTextType(): String

Character type for storing strings of variable and large length.

longAutoincType
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open fun longAutoincType(): String

Numeric type for storing 8-byte integers, and marked as auto-increment.

longType
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open fun longType(): String

Numeric type for storing 8-byte integers.

mediumTextType
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open fun mediumTextType(): String

Character type for storing strings of medium length.

precessOrderByClause
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open fun precessOrderByClause(queryBuilder: QueryBuilder, expression: Expression<*>, sortOrder: SortOrder)

Returns the SQL representation of the specified expression, to be used in an ORDER BY clause.

processForDefaultValue
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open fun processForDefaultValue(e: Expression<*>): String

Returns the SQL representation of the specified expression, for it to be used as a column default value.

shortType
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open fun shortType(): String

Numeric type for storing 2-byte integers.

textType
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open fun textType(): String

Character type for storing strings of variable length. Some database (postgresql) use the same data type name to provide virtually unlimited length.

timestampType
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open fun timestampType(): String

Data type for storing date and time without a time zone, represented as a 'timestamp' (not 'datetime').

timestampWithTimeZoneType
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open fun timestampWithTimeZoneType(): String

Data type for storing both date and time with a time zone.

timeType
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open fun timeType(): String

Time type for storing time without a time zone.

ubyteType
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open fun ubyteType(): String

Numeric type for storing 1-byte unsigned integers.

uintegerAutoincType
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open fun uintegerAutoincType(): String

Numeric type for storing 4-byte unsigned integers, marked as auto-increment.

uintegerType
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open fun uintegerType(): String

Numeric type for storing 4-byte unsigned integers.

ulongAutoincType
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open fun ulongAutoincType(): String

Numeric type for storing 8-byte unsigned integers, marked as auto-increment.

ulongType
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open fun ulongType(): String

Numeric type for storing 8-byte unsigned integers.

ushortType
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open fun ushortType(): String

Numeric type for storing 2-byte unsigned integers.

uuidToDB
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open fun uuidToDB(value: UUID): Any

Returns a database-compatible object from the specified java.util.UUID value.

uuidType
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open fun uuidType(): String

Binary type for storing either kotlin.uuid.Uuid or java.util.UUID.

varcharType
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open fun varcharType(colLength: Int): String

Character type for storing strings of variable length up to a maximum.

vectorType
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open fun vectorType(): String

Data type for storing vector data values.