question: the predecessor dialect . if this is a dialect version e.g. #postgres_9_4 within a family e.g. #postgres , then the predecessor will point to the historically previous dialect version e.g. #postgres_9_3 within the same family , or to the dialect itself if there was no predecessor explicitly supported by jooq . concode_field_sep ThirdParty thirdParty concode_elem_sep boolean commercial concode_elem_sep SQLDialect[] FAMILIES concode_elem_sep String name concode_elem_sep SQLDialect predecessor concode_elem_sep SQLDialect family concode_field_sep ThirdParty thirdParty concode_elem_sep String hibernateDialect concode_elem_sep String springDbName concode_elem_sep boolean commercial concode_elem_sep String getName concode_elem_sep boolean precedes concode_elem_sep boolean supports concode_elem_sep String getNameUC concode_elem_sep boolean isFamily concode_elem_sep SQLDialect[] families concode_elem_sep SQLDialect family concode_elem_sep String getNameLC
target: SQLDialect function ( ) { return predecessor ; }