Package org.hibernate.usertype

Interface EnhancedUserType<J>

All Superinterfaces:

UserType<J>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumType

public interface EnhancedUserType<J>
extends UserType<J>

A custom type that may function as an identifier or discriminator type

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
J	fromStringValue(CharSequence sequence)	Consume the given string representation back into this types java form.
String	toSqlLiteral(J value)	Return an SQL literal representation of the value
String	toString(J value)	Render the value to the string representation.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.usertype.UserType

assemble, deepCopy, disassemble, equals, getDefaultSqlLength, getDefaultSqlPrecision, getDefaultSqlScale, getJdbcType, getSqlType, getValueConverter, hashCode, isMutable, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, replace, returnedClass

Method Detail

toSqlLiteral

String toSqlLiteral(J value)

Return an SQL literal representation of the value

toString

String toString(J value)
         throws HibernateException

Render the value to the string representation.

Parameters:

value - The value to render to string.

Returns:

The string representation

Throws:

HibernateException - Problem rendering

fromStringValue

J fromStringValue(CharSequence sequence)
           throws HibernateException

Consume the given string representation back into this types java form.

Parameters:

sequence - The string representation to be consumed.

Returns:

The java type representation

Throws:

HibernateException - Problem consuming