org.chromattic.metamodel.mapping.jcr
Class PropertyMetaType<V>

java.lang.Object
  org.chromattic.metamodel.mapping.jcr.PropertyMetaType<V>

Type Parameters:

V - the java type modeling the type

public abstract class PropertyMetaType<V>
extends java.lang.Object

A property meta type is a representation of the JCR property types defined by PropertyType.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Field Summary

static PropertyMetaType<java.io.InputStream>	BINARY .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Boolean>	BOOLEAN .
static PropertyMetaType<java.util.Calendar>	DATE .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Double>	DOUBLE .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Long>	LONG .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String>	NAME .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String>	PATH .
static PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String>	STRING .

Method Summary

static PropertyMetaType<?>	get(int code)
int	getCode() Returns the JCR property type as defined by PropertyType
java.lang.Class<V>	getJavaValueType() Returns the Java value type modelling the property type.
abstract V	getValue(javax.jcr.Value value) Converts the Value to the java value.
abstract javax.jcr.Value	getValue(javax.jcr.ValueFactory factory, V v) Converts the Java value to the Value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

STRING

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String> STRING

.

PATH

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String> PATH

.

NAME

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.String> NAME

.

LONG

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Long> LONG

.

DOUBLE

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Double> DOUBLE

.

BOOLEAN

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.lang.Boolean> BOOLEAN

.

BINARY

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.io.InputStream> BINARY

.

DATE

public static final PropertyMetaType<java.util.Calendar> DATE

.

Method Detail

get

public static PropertyMetaType<?> get(int code)

getValue

public abstract javax.jcr.Value getValue(javax.jcr.ValueFactory factory,
                                         V v)
                                  throws javax.jcr.ValueFormatException

Converts the Java value to the Value.

Parameters:

factory - the JCR value factory required to create the value

v - the Java value

Returns:

the JCR value

Throws:

javax.jcr.ValueFormatException - thrown by the factory

getValue

public abstract V getValue(javax.jcr.Value value)
                    throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Converts the Value to the java value.

Parameters:

value - the JCR value

Returns:

the Java value

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - thrown by the conversion

getJavaValueType

public java.lang.Class<V> getJavaValueType()

Returns the Java value type modelling the property type.

Returns:

the Java value type modelling the property type

getCode

public int getCode()

Returns the JCR property type as defined by PropertyType

Returns:

the JCR property type