public interface OracleShardingKey extends Comparable<OracleShardingKey>
OracleShardingKey instance is only guaranteed to be compatible with the oracle data source instance that it was derived from. A OracleShardingKey is created using OracleShardingKeyBuilder.
The following example illustrates the use of OracleShardingKeyBuilder to create a OracleShardingKey:
  
    OracleDataSource ods = new oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource();
  
    OracleShardingKey shardingKey =
        ods.createShardingKeyBuilder()
           .subkey("Customer_Name_XYZ", JDBCType.VARCHAR)
           .subkey(94002, JDBCType.NUMERIC)
           .build();
  
  
A OracleShardingKey may also be used for specifying a superShardingKey. Databases that support composite Sharding may use a superShardingKey to specify a additional level of partitioning within the Shard.
The following example illustrates the use of OracleShardingKeyBuilder to create a superShardingKey for an eastern region with a OracleShardingKey specified for the Pittsburgh branch office:
  
    OracleDataSource ods = new oracle.pool.OracleDataSource();
    OracleShardingKey superShardingKey =
        ods.createShardingKeyBuilder()
           .subkey("EASTERN_REGION", JDBCType.VARCHAR)
           .build();
    OracleShardingKey shardingKey =
        ods.createShardingKeyBuilder()
           .subkey("PITTSBURGH_BRANCH", JDBCType.VARCHAR)
           .build();
    OracleConnection conn = ods.createConnectionBuilder()
                               .superShardingKey(superShardingKey)
                               .shardingKey(shardingKey)
                               .build();
  
  
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