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// $Id:Character.scala 6853 2006-03-20 16:58:47 +0100 (Mon, 20 Mar 2006) dubochet $


package scala.dbc2.value;


/** A SQL-99 value of type character string. */
abstract class Character extends Value {
  
  type NativeType = String
  
  override val dataType: datatype.Character;
  
  /** An SQL-99 compliant string representation of the value. */
  def sqlString: String = {
    "'" + nativeValue + "'"
  }
  
}

/** An object offering transformation methods (views) on the value.
  * This object must be visible in an expression to use value auto-
  * conversion. */
object Character {
  
  /** A character string value as a native string. */
  implicit def characterToString (obj:value.Character): String = obj.nativeValue;
  
}