Defines an important constant for a fallback value

src/main/java/sirius/db/es/ElasticQuery.java

@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@
  * @param <E> the type of entities to be queried
  */
 public class ElasticQuery<E extends ElasticEntity> extends Query<ElasticQuery<E>, E, ElasticConstraint> {
+
+    /**
+     * Defines the fallback value used when no last sort value is present.
+     *
+     * @see #searchAfter(String)
+     * @see #getLastSortValue()
+     */
+    public static final String NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE = "-";
+
     /**
      * If we only fetch from a single shard (as we use a routing), we fetch up to {@link #BLOCK_SIZE_FOR_SINGLE_SHARD}
      * entities at once and hope to process them within {@link #STREAM_BLOCKWISE_PIT_TTL}.
@@ -448,15 +457,15 @@ public ElasticQuery<E> searchAfter(List<String> searchAfter) {
      * Sets a singular "last sort value" to continue a previous query.
      * <p>
      * It is recommended to sort by {@link ElasticEntity#ID} when using this. Note that this gracefully
-     * handles empty values as well as "-" which is properly generated by {@link #getLastSortValue()} if no more
-     * results are expected.
+     * handles empty values as well as {@link #NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE} which is properly generated by {@link #getLastSortValue()}
+     * if no more results are expected.
      *
      * @param searchAfter the last sort value of the previous result
      * @return the query itself for fluent method calls
      */
     public ElasticQuery<E> searchAfter(String searchAfter) {
         if (Strings.isFilled(searchAfter)) {
-            if ("-".equals(searchAfter)) {
+            if (NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE.equals(searchAfter)) {
                 return this.fail();
             }
 
@@ -494,17 +503,17 @@ public List<String> getLastSortValues() {
     /**
      * Obtains the last sort value of this result.
      * <p>
-     * Note that this will automatically return "-" if no more results are expected. Use this in conjunction with
-     * {@link #searchAfter(String)} and sort queries by {@link ElasticEntity#ID}.
+     * Note that this will automatically return {@link #NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE} if no more results are expected.
+     * Use this in conjunction with {@link #searchAfter(String)} and sort queries by {@link ElasticEntity#ID}.
      *
      * @return the last sort value within this result
      */
     public String getLastSortValue() {
         if (limit > 0 && Json.getArrayAt(getRawResponse(), HITS_POINTER).size() < limit) {
-            return "-";
+            return NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE;
         }
 
-        return getLastSortValues().stream().filter(Strings::isFilled).findFirst().orElse("-");
+        return getLastSortValues().stream().filter(Strings::isFilled).findFirst().orElse(NO_LAST_SORT_VALUE);
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/sirius/db/mixing/annotations/Length.java

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 /**
  * Specifies the column length, most probably of string (CHAR) columns.
+ * <p>
+ * This annotation has no effect on properties other than a string, except the columns
+ * definitions for Clickhouse, where the length is used also for other types, for example int,
+ * to define the int size to use.
+ *
+ * @see sirius.db.jdbc.schema.ClickhouseDatabaseDialect
  */
 @Documented
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)