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25
26package java.sql;
27
28/**
29 * The mapping in the Java™ programming language
30 * for the SQL <code>NCLOB</code> type.
31 * An SQL <code>NCLOB</code> is a built-in type
32 * that stores a Character Large Object using the National Character Set
33 *  as a column value in a row of  a database table.
34 * <P>The <code>NClob</code> interface extends the <code>Clob</code> interface
35 * which provides methods for getting the
36 * length of an SQL <code>NCLOB</code> value,
37 * for materializing a <code>NCLOB</code> value on the client, and for
38 * searching for a substring or <code>NCLOB</code> object within a
39 * <code>NCLOB</code> value. A <code>NClob</code> object, just like a <code>Clob</code> object, is valid for the duration
40 * of the transaction in which it was created.
41 * Methods in the interfaces {@link ResultSet},
42 * {@link CallableStatement}, and {@link PreparedStatement}, such as
43 * <code>getNClob</code> and <code>setNClob</code> allow a programmer to
44 * access an SQL <code>NCLOB</code> value.  In addition, this interface
45 * has methods for updating a <code>NCLOB</code> value.
46 * <p>
47 * All methods on the <code>NClob</code> interface must be fully implemented if the
48 * JDBC driver supports the data type.
49 *
50 * @since 1.6
51 */
52
53public interface NClob extends Clob { }
54