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+Copyright (c) 2009-2011, Lukas Eder, lukas.eder@gmail.com
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+. Neither the name "jOOQ" nor the names of its contributors may be
+  used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
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+What's jOOQ
+===========
+
+jOOQ stands for Java Object Oriented Querying. It combines these essential features:
+
+  * Code Generation:
+    jOOQ generates a simple Java representation of your database schema. Every table, view, stored procedure, enum, UDT is a class.
+
+  * Active records:
+    jOOQ implements an easy-to-use active record pattern. It is NOT an OR-mapper, but provides a 1:1 mapping between tables/views and classes. Between columns and members.
+
+  * Typesafe SQL:
+    jOOQ allows for writing compile-time typesafe querying using its built-in DSL.
+
+  * SQL standard:
+    jOOQ supports all standard SQL language features including the more complex UNION's, nested SELECTs, joins, aliasing
+
+  * Vendor-specific feature support:
+    jOOQ encourages the use of vendor-specific extensions such as stored procedures, UDT's and ARRAY's, recursive queries, and many more.
+
+For more details please visit http://www.jooq.org
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