org.hibernate.type
Interface LiteralType<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscriminatorType<T>, PrimitiveType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigIntegerType, BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterType, CharBooleanType, CurrencyType, CustomType, DateType, DbTimestampType, DoubleType, FloatType, IntegerType, LocaleType, LongType, NumericBooleanType, ShortType, StringType, TimestampType, TimeType, TimeZoneType, TrueFalseType, UrlType, UUIDCharType, YesNoType

public interface LiteralType<T>

Additional contract for a Type that may appear as an SQL literal

Author:

Gavin King, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

String

objectToSQLString(T value, Dialect dialect) Convert the value into a string representation, suitable for embedding in an SQL statement as a literal.

Method Detail

objectToSQLString

String objectToSQLString(T value,
                         Dialect dialect)
                         throws Exception

Convert the value into a string representation, suitable for embedding in an SQL statement as a literal.

Parameters:

value - The value to convert

dialect - The SQL dialect

Returns:

The value's string representation

Throws:

Exception - Indicates an issue converting the value to literal string.