org.staxnav
Class ValueType<V>

java.lang.Object
  org.staxnav.ValueType<V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValueType.EnumType

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

The type of a value.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Nested Class Summary

protected static class

ValueType.EnumType<E extends java.lang.Enum<E>>

Field Summary

static ValueType<java.lang.Boolean>	BOOLEAN
static ValueType<java.util.Date>	DATE
static ValueType<java.util.Date>	DATE_TIME
static ValueType<java.lang.Integer>	INTEGER
static ValueType<java.lang.String>	STRING
static ValueType<java.lang.String>	TRIMMED_STRING

Constructor Summary

protected

ValueType()

Method Summary

static <E extends java.lang.Enum<E>> ValueType<E>	get(java.lang.Class<E> enumClass) Returns a value type for an enum class.
protected abstract V	parse(java.lang.String s) Parse the string to the java type for a non null parameter 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 ValueType<java.lang.String> STRING

TRIMMED_STRING

public static final ValueType<java.lang.String> TRIMMED_STRING

BOOLEAN

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

INTEGER

public static final ValueType<java.lang.Integer> INTEGER

DATE

public static final ValueType<java.util.Date> DATE

DATE_TIME

public static final ValueType<java.util.Date> DATE_TIME

Constructor Detail

ValueType

protected ValueType()

Method Detail

get

public static <E extends java.lang.Enum<E>> ValueType<E> get(java.lang.Class<E> enumClass)

Returns a value type for an enum class.

Type Parameters:

E - the enum parameter type

Parameters:

enumClass - the enum class

Returns:

the corresponding value type

parse

protected abstract V parse(java.lang.String s)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Parse the string to the java type for a non null parameter value.

Parameters:

s - the string value to parse

Returns:

the parsed value

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any exception that would prevent the type conversion to happen