org.axiondb.types

Class IntegerType

public class IntegerType extends BaseNumberDataType

A DataTyperepresenting an integer value.

Version: $Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2005/05/02 22:29:40 $

Author: Chuck Burdick Rodney Waldhoff Jonathan Giron

Constructor Summary
	IntegerType()

Method Summary
int	compare(Object a, Object b)
Object	convert(Object value) Returns an Integerconverted from the given value , or throws IllegalArgumentExceptionif the given value isn't `acceptable`.
int	getColumnDisplaySize()
protected Comparator	getComparator()
int	getJdbcType()
int	getPrecision()
String	getPreferredValueClassName()
DataType	makeNewInstance()
Object	read(DataInput in)
Object	successor(Object value)
String	toString() Returns `"integer"`
void	write(Object value, DataOutput out) Writes the given value to the given `DataOutput`.

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(Object value)

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

getPreferredValueClassName

public String getPreferredValueClassName()

toString

public String toString()

Returns "integer"

Returns: "integer"

write

public void write(Object value, DataOutput out)

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

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