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+/*                     __                                               *\
+**     ________ ___   / /  ___     Scala API                            **
+**    / __/ __// _ | / /  / _ |    (c) 2003-2005, LAMP/EPFL             **
+**  __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ |                                         **
+** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | |                                         **
+**                          |/                                          **
+\*                                                                      */
+
+package scala.dbc.result;
+
+import scala.dbc.datatype._;
+import scala.dbc.value._;
+
+/** An ISO-9075:2003 (SQL) table field. */
+abstract class Field {
+
+  /** The content (value) of the field. The type of this value is undefined,
+   * transformation into a useful type will be done by an automatic view
+   * function defined in the field object. */
+  def content: Value;
+
+  final def value[Type <: Value]: Type =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[Type];
+
+  final def exactNumericValue[NativeType] =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.ExactNumeric[NativeType]];
+
+  final def approximateNumericValue[NativeType] =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.ApproximateNumeric[NativeType]];
+
+  final def booleanValue =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.Boolean];
+
+  final def characterValue =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.Character];
+
+  final def characterLargeObjectValue =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.CharacterLargeObject];
+
+  final def characterVaryingValue =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.CharacterVarying];
+
+  final def unknownValue =
+  	content.asInstanceOf[dbc.value.Unknown];
+
+  /** The tuple that contains this field. */
+  def originatingTuple: Tuple;
+
+  /** The field metadata attached to this field. */
+  def metadata: FieldMetadata;
+
+}
+
+object Field {
+
+  implicit def view (field:Field): Value = field.content;
+
+
+
+}