Covariant overrides

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition   ✅ Express Edition   ✅ Professional Edition   ✅ Enterprise Edition

Generated tables can extend the DSL in a way for a DSL method return type to return again the generated type. This leads to improved type safety in client code by allowing for type safe dereferencing of table columns also from certain table expressions, not just the tables themselves.

The following sections discuss options for such covariant overrides:

Table of contents

5.2.5.2.1.

Overriding as()

5.2.5.2.2.

Overriding rename()