[#4465] Add new FieldOrRow type to provide a common super-type for Fi…

…eld<?> and Row

jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  * @param <T> The field type
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-public interface Field<T> extends SelectField<T>, GroupField {
+public interface Field<T> extends SelectField<T>, GroupField, FieldOrRow {
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // API

jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FieldOrRow.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2015, Data Geekery GmbH (http://www.datageekery.com)
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+package org.jooq;
+
+/**
+ * A common base type for {@link Field} and {@link Row} where DSL API accepts
+ * both types alike.
+ * <p>
+ * This is useful for expressions like <code>GROUPING SETS</code>, when
+ * expressing things like
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * <code>
+ * CUBE ( (a,b), (c,d) )
+ * ROLLUP ( a, (b,c), d )
+ * </code>
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @author Lukas Eder
+ */
+public interface FieldOrRow extends QueryPart {
+
+}

jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Row.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-public interface Row extends QueryPart {
+public interface Row extends FieldOrRow {
 
     /**
      * Get the degree of this row value expression.