org.axiondb.types

Class ObjectType

public class ObjectType extends BaseDataType

A DataTyperepresenting a Serializableobject value.

Version: $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2002/07/02 21:04:57 $

Author: James Strachan

Constructor Summary
	ObjectType()

Method Summary
boolean	accepts(Object value) Returns `true` iff value is `null` or a Serializable.object
Object	convert(Object value) Returns a Stringconverted from the given value , or throws IllegalArgumentExceptionif the given value isn't `acceptable`.
int	getColumnDisplaySize()
int	getJdbcType()
String	getPreferredValueClassName()
DataType	makeNewInstance()
Object	read(DataInput in)
Object	successor(Object value)
boolean	supportsSuccessor()
String	toString() Returns `"string"`
void	write(Object value, DataOutput out) Writes the given value to the given `DataOutput`.

Constructor Detail

ObjectType

public ObjectType()

Method Detail

accepts

public boolean accepts(Object value)

Returns true iff value is null or a Serializable.object

convert

public Object convert(Object value)

Returns a Stringconverted from the given value , or throws IllegalArgumentExceptionif the given value isn't acceptable.

getColumnDisplaySize

public int getColumnDisplaySize()

getJdbcType

public int getJdbcType()

getPreferredValueClassName

public String getPreferredValueClassName()

makeNewInstance

public DataType makeNewInstance()

read

public Object read(DataInput in)

successor

public Object successor(Object value)

supportsSuccessor

public boolean supportsSuccessor()

toString

public String toString()

Returns "string"

Returns: "string"

write

public void write(Object value, DataOutput out)

Writes the given value to the given DataOutput. Null values are written as "null", false, the non-null String "null" is written as "null", true, all other values are written directly.

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