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package java.sql;

import java.sql.Clob;

/**

 * The mapping in the Java<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> programming language

 * for the SQL <code>NCLOB</code> type.

 * An SQL <code>NCLOB</code> is a built-in type

 * that stores a Character Large Object using the National Character Set

 *  as a column value in a row of  a database table.

 * <P>The <code>NClob</code> interface extends the <code>Clob</code> interface

 * which provides provides methods for getting the

 * length of an SQL <code>NCLOB</code> value,

 * for materializing a <code>NCLOB</code> value on the client, and for

 * searching for a substring or <code>NCLOB</code> object within a

 * <code>NCLOB</code> value. A <code>NClob</code> object, just like a <code>Clob</code> object, is valid for the duration

 * of the transaction in which it was created.

 * Methods in the interfaces {@link ResultSet},

 * {@link CallableStatement}, and {@link PreparedStatement}, such as

 * <code>getNClob</code> and <code>setNClob</code> allow a programmer to

 * access an SQL <code>NCLOB</code> value.  In addition, this interface

 * has methods for updating a <code>NCLOB</code> value.

 * <p>

 * All methods on the <code>NClob</code> interface must be fully implemented if the

 * JDBC driver supports the data type.

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface NClob extends Clob { }