For some of our larger update and deletes, it would be nice if addQueryHint() applied to executeUpdate statements as well.

Specifically, in Oracle 12c, we make heavy use of the ENABLE_PARALLEL_DML and the PARALLEL hints for large deletes and updates.

Using stmt.addQueryHint("ENABLE_PARALLEL_DML") would be super useful so we wouldn't need to resort to using pure SQL to add hints.

It seems natural to assume the hints would apply to all types of Statements, not just selects.