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PostgreSQL extensions

Supported by ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition

The jooq-postgres-extensions module contains data types, converters, and bindings for the following data types:

The hstore type is a key-value store (i.e. a Map<String, String>).

In order to access these data types, just add the following dependency to your project:

Maven

Gradle (Kotlin)

Gradle (Groovy)

<dependency>
    <!-- Use org.jooq                for the Open Source Edition
             org.jooq.pro            for commercial editions with Java 17 support,
             org.jooq.pro-java-11    for commercial editions with Java 11 support,
             org.jooq.pro-java-8     for commercial editions with Java 8 support,
             org.jooq.trial          for the free trial edition with Java 17 support,
             org.jooq.trial-java-11  for the free trial edition with Java 11 support,
             org.jooq.trial-java-8   for the free trial edition with Java 8 support
    
     Note: Only the Open Source Edition is hosted on Maven Central.
           Install the others locally using the provided scripts, or access them from here: https://repo.jooq.org
           See the JDK version support matrix here: https://www.jooq.org/download/support-matrix-jdk -->

    <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
    <artifactId>jooq-postgres-extensions</artifactId>
    <version>3.15.12</version>
</dependency>

dependencies {
    // Use org.jooq                for the Open Source Edition
    //     org.jooq.pro            for commercial editions with Java 17 support,
    //     org.jooq.pro-java-11    for commercial editions with Java 11 support,
    //     org.jooq.pro-java-8     for commercial editions with Java 8 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial          for the free trial edition with Java 17 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial-java-11  for the free trial edition with Java 11 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial-java-8   for the free trial edition with Java 8 support
    //
    // Note: Only the Open Source Edition is hosted on Maven Central.
    //       Install the others locally using the provided scripts, or access them from here: https://repo.jooq.org
    //       See the JDK version support matrix here: https://www.jooq.org/download/support-matrix-jdk

    implementation("org.jooq:jooq-postgres-extensions:3.15.12")
}

dependencies {
    // Use org.jooq                for the Open Source Edition
    //     org.jooq.pro            for commercial editions with Java 17 support,
    //     org.jooq.pro-java-11    for commercial editions with Java 11 support,
    //     org.jooq.pro-java-8     for commercial editions with Java 8 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial          for the free trial edition with Java 17 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial-java-11  for the free trial edition with Java 11 support,
    //     org.jooq.trial-java-8   for the free trial edition with Java 8 support
    //
    // Note: Only the Open Source Edition is hosted on Maven Central.
    //       Install the others locally using the provided scripts, or access them from here: https://repo.jooq.org
    //       See the JDK version support matrix here: https://www.jooq.org/download/support-matrix-jdk

    implementation "org.jooq:jooq-postgres-extensions:3.15.12"
}

The data type extensions can be added as forced types like this:

XML (standalone and maven)

Programmatic

Gradle (Kotlin)

Gradle (Groovy)

Gradle (third party)

<configuration>
  <generator>
    <database>
      <forcedTypes>
        <forcedType>
          <userType>org.jooq.postgres.extensions.types.Hstore</userType>
          <binding>org.jooq.postgres.extensions.bindings.HstoreBinding</binding>
          <includeTypes>hstore</includeTypes>
        </forcedType>
      </forcedTypes>
    </database>
  </generator>
</configuration>

See the configuration XSD, standalone code generation, and maven code generation for more details.

new org.jooq.meta.jaxb.Configuration()
  .withGenerator(new Generator()
    .withDatabase(new Database()
      .withForcedTypes(
        new ForcedType()
          .withUserType("org.jooq.postgres.extensions.types.Hstore")
          .withBinding("org.jooq.postgres.extensions.bindings.HstoreBinding")
          .withIncludeTypes("hstore")
      )
    )
  )

See the configuration XSD and programmatic code generation for more details.

// The jOOQ-codegen-gradle plugin has been introduced in version 3.19 only.

// The jOOQ-codegen-gradle plugin has been introduced in version 3.19 only.

generationTool {
  generator {
    database {
      forcedTypes {
        forcedType {
          userType = "org.jooq.postgres.extensions.types.Hstore"
          binding = "org.jooq.postgres.extensions.bindings.HstoreBinding"
          includeTypes = "hstore"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See the configuration XSD and gradle code generation for more details.