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package scala.dbc2.value

abstract class CharacterString extends Value {
  
  type NativeType = String

  val dataType = new datatype.CharacterString {}
  
  /** 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 CharacterString {
  
  /** A character string value as a native string. */
  implicit def characterStringToString (obj: value.CharacterString): String = obj.nativeValue
}