org.hibernate.type
Interface IdentifierType<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscriminatorType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigIntegerType, BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterType, CharBooleanType, CustomType, DateType, IntegerType, LongType, NumericBooleanType, ShortType, StringType, TrueFalseType, UrlType, YesNoType

public interface IdentifierType<T>
extends Type

Additional contract for a Type may be used for a discriminator. THis contract is used to process the string representation as presented in metadata, especially in XML files.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

T	stringToObject(String xml) Convert the value from the mapping file to a Java object.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type

assemble, beforeAssemble, compare, deepCopy, disassemble, fromXMLNode, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getHashCode, getName, getReturnedClass, getSemiResolvedType, hydrate, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isEqual, isModified, isMutable, isSame, isXMLElement, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, replace, replace, resolve, semiResolve, setToXMLNode, sqlTypes, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString

Method Detail

stringToObject

T stringToObject(String xml)
                 throws Exception

Convert the value from the mapping file to a Java object.

Parameters:

xml - the value of discriminator-value or unsaved-value attribute

Returns:

The converted value of the string representation.

Throws:

Exception - Indicates a problem converting from the string