org.hibernate.type
Interface PrimitiveType<T>

All Superinterfaces:

LiteralType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterType, CharBooleanType, DoubleType, FloatType, IntegerType, LongType, NumericBooleanType, ShortType, TrueFalseType, YesNoType

public interface PrimitiveType<T>
extends LiteralType<T>

Additional contract for primitive / primitive wrapper types.

Method Summary

Serializable	getDefaultValue() Get this type's default value.
Class	getPrimitiveClass() Retrieve the primitive counterpart to the wrapper type identified by Type.getReturnedClass().
String	toString(T value) Retrieve the string representation of the given value.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.LiteralType

objectToSQLString

Method Detail

getPrimitiveClass

Class getPrimitiveClass()

Retrieve the primitive counterpart to the wrapper type identified by Type.getReturnedClass().

Returns:

The primitive Java type.

toString

String toString(T value)

Retrieve the string representation of the given value.

Parameters:

value - The value to be stringified.

Returns:

The string representation

getDefaultValue

Serializable getDefaultValue()

Get this type's default value.

Returns:

The default value.