org.hibernate.ejb.criteria
Class ValueHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.ejb.criteria.ValueHandlerFactory

public class ValueHandlerFactory
extends Object

Helper for generically dealing with literal values.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Nested Class Summary

static class	ValueHandlerFactory.BaseValueHandler<T>
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.BigDecimalValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.BigIntegerValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.ByteValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.DoubleValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.FloatValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.IntegerValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.LongValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.NoOpValueHandler<T>
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.ShortValueHandler
static class	ValueHandlerFactory.StringValueHandler
static interface	ValueHandlerFactory.ValueHandler<T>

Method Summary

static <T> T	convert(Object value, Class<T> targetType) Convert the given value into the specified target type.
static <T> ValueHandlerFactory.ValueHandler<T>	determineAppropriateHandler(Class<T> targetType) Determine the appropriate ValueHandlerFactory.ValueHandler strategy for converting a value to the given target type
static boolean	isCharacter(Class type)
static boolean	isCharacter(Object value)
static boolean	isNumeric(Class type)
static boolean	isNumeric(Object value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isCharacter

public static boolean isCharacter(Class type)

isCharacter

public static boolean isCharacter(Object value)

isNumeric

public static boolean isNumeric(Class type)

isNumeric

public static boolean isNumeric(Object value)

convert

public static <T> T convert(Object value,
                            Class<T> targetType)

Convert the given value into the specified target type.

Parameters:

value - The value to convert

targetType - The type to which it should be converted

Returns:

The converted value.

determineAppropriateHandler

public static <T> ValueHandlerFactory.ValueHandler<T> determineAppropriateHandler(Class<T> targetType)

Determine the appropriate ValueHandlerFactory.ValueHandler strategy for converting a value to the given target type

Type Parameters:

T - parameterized type for the target type.

Parameters:

targetType - The target type (to which we want to convert values).

Returns:

The conversion