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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 { }