org.axiondb.types

Class CharacterType

public class CharacterType extends BaseDataType implements DataType.NonFixedPrecision

A DataTyperepresenting a single char value.

Version: $Revision: 1.14 $ $Date: 2005/12/20 18:32:42 $

Author: Chuck Burdick Rodney Waldhoff Ahimanikya Satapathy

Constructor Summary
	CharacterType()
	CharacterType(int size)

Method Summary
boolean	accepts(Object value) Returns `true` iff value is `null`, a `Character`, or a single character `String`.
int	compare(Object a, Object b)
Object	convert(Object value) Returns an `String` converted from the given value , or throws IllegalArgumentExceptionif the given value isn't `acceptable`.
int	getColumnDisplaySize()
protected Comparator	getComparator()
int	getJdbcType()
String	getLiteralPrefix()
String	getLiteralSuffix()
int	getPrecision()
String	getPreferredValueClassName()
short	getSearchableCode()
boolean	isCaseSensitive()
DataType	makeNewInstance()
protected String	process(String value)
Object	read(DataInput in)
protected String	rightTrim(String source)
void	setPrecision(int newSize)
Object	successor(Object value)
boolean	supportsSuccessor()
byte[]	toByteArray(Object value)
String	toString() Returns `"character"`
protected String	truncateIfLegal(String source)
void	write(Object value, DataOutput out) Writes the given value to the given DataOutput.

Constructor Detail

Method Detail

accepts

public boolean accepts(Object value)

Returns true iff value is null, a Character, or a single character String.

convert

public Object convert(Object value)

Returns an String converted from the given value , or throws IllegalArgumentExceptionif the given value isn't acceptable.

getJdbcType

public int getJdbcType()

Returns: Types#CHAR

getPreferredValueClassName

public String getPreferredValueClassName()

rightTrim

protected final String rightTrim(String source)

toString

public String toString()

Returns "character"

Returns: "character"

truncateIfLegal

protected final String truncateIfLegal(String source)

write

public void write(Object value, DataOutput out)

Writes the given value to the given DataOutput.Null values are written as Character.MIN_VALUE,false. Character.MIN_VALUE values are written as Character.MIN_VALUE,true. All other values are written directly.

Parameters: value the value to write, which must be acceptable