org.axiondb.types

Class VarBinaryType

public class VarBinaryType extends BaseDataType implements Serializable, Comparator, DataType.NonFixedPrecision

A DataTyperepresenting a BinaryArrayvalue.

Version: $Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2005/11/03 01:26:57 $

Author: Rahul Dwivedi Rodney Waldhoff Ahimanikya Satapathy

Constructor Summary
	VarBinaryType()
	VarBinaryType(int length) Creates a new instance of VarBinaryType

Method Summary
boolean	accepts(Object value) Return `true` if a field of my type can be assigned the given non- `null` value , `false` otherwise.
int	compare(Object a, Object b)
Object	convert(Object value) Converts an `acceptable`value to one of the appropriate type.
int	getColumnDisplaySize()
Comparator	getComparator()
int	getJdbcType() Returns java.sql.Types#VARBINARY.
int	getPrecision()
DataType	makeNewInstance()
Object	read(DataInput in) Instantiate an object of my type from the given DataInput.
void	setLength(int length)
void	setPrecision(int newSize)
Object	successor(Object value)
boolean	supportsSuccessor()
byte[]	toByteArray(Object value)
String	toString(Object value)
void	write(Object value, DataOutput out) Write an object of my type to the given DataOutput.

Constructor Detail

VarBinaryType

public VarBinaryType()

VarBinaryType

public VarBinaryType(int length)

Creates a new instance of VarBinaryType

Method Detail

accepts

public boolean accepts(Object value)

Return true if a field of my type can be assigned the given non- null value , false otherwise.

Parameters: value non- null value

compare

public int compare(Object a, Object b)

convert

public Object convert(Object value)

Converts an acceptablevalue to one of the appropriate type.

getColumnDisplaySize

public int getColumnDisplaySize()

getComparator

public Comparator getComparator()

getJdbcType

public int getJdbcType()

Returns java.sql.Types#VARBINARY.

getPrecision

public int getPrecision()

makeNewInstance

public DataType makeNewInstance()

read

public Object read(DataInput in)

Instantiate an object of my type from the given DataInput. The next sequence of bytes to be read from the DataInput will have been written by VarBinaryType.

Parameters: in DataInput from which to read data

Throws: IOException if error occurs during read