org.chromattic.metamodel.type
Interface SimpleTypeMapping

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumSimpleTypeMapping

public interface SimpleTypeMapping

The mapping between a JCR property type and a simple type. A simple type is any class that can be converted back and forth to a particular JCR type.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

SimpleTypeProvider<?,?>	create() Create a simple type provider for this mapping.
PropertyMetaType<?>	getPropertyMetaType() Returns the property meta type.

Method Detail

getPropertyMetaType

PropertyMetaType<?> getPropertyMetaType()

Returns the property meta type.

Returns:

the property meta type

create

SimpleTypeProvider<?,?> create()

Create a simple type provider for this mapping. Note that this operation is only guaranted during the runtime phase as it requires to load the org.chromattic.spi.type.SimpleTypeProvider class.

Returns:

the simple type provider