org.chromattic.core.bean
Class SimpleType<E>

java.lang.Object
  org.chromattic.core.bean.SimpleType<E>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectSimpleType, PrimitiveSimpleType

public abstract class SimpleType<E>
extends java.lang.Object

A simple type as exposed to the programming model. A simple type is defined by:

• The simple type kind which is the underlying data semantic
• The object type which is java type for object representing the type
• The real type which is the java type as wanted by the model meta data
• The primitiveness of the type

The real type is most of the time used when there is a need for creating arrays with a component type equals to the real type.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

SimpleTypeKind<E,?>	getKind()
java.lang.Class<E>	getObjectType()
java.lang.Class<?>	getRealType()
abstract boolean	isPrimitive()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isPrimitive

public abstract boolean isPrimitive()

getKind

public SimpleTypeKind<E,?> getKind()

getObjectType

public java.lang.Class<E> getObjectType()

getRealType

public java.lang.Class<?> getRealType()