></span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token operator">: </span><a href="../-collection/index.html">Collection</a><span class="clearfix"><span class="floating-right">(<a href="https://github.com/jeffdgr8/kotbase/tree/main/couchbase-lite/src/commonMain/kotlin/kotbase/Database.kt#L166">source</a>)</span></span></div><p class="paragraph">Create a named collection in the specified scope. If the collection already exists, the existing collection will be returned.</p><span class="kdoc-tag"><