DB constants now accessible from plugins

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP1 (5.2.5)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Component/s: Legacy Components > API
• Labels:
  • 5.2_release_notes
• Environment: All

The DBUtil constants
MINIMAL
POPULATED
SHARDED
TYPE_DB2
TYPE_DERBY
TYPE_FIREBIRD
TYPE_HYPERSONIC
TYPE_INFORMIX
TYPE_INGRES
TYPE_INTERBASE
TYPE_JDATASTORE
TYPE_MYSQL
TYPE_ORACLE
TYPE_POSTGRESQL
TYPE_SAP
TYPE_SQLSERVER
TYPE_SYBASE
has been moved to to com.liferay.portal.tools.sql.DB. This change allows plugins to access these constants.

DBUtil implements DB, so there is no need to modify existing code.