org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping
Class CharacterMapping

java.lang.Object
  org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.JavaTypeMapping
      org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.SingleFieldMapping
          org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.CharacterMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:

SimpleDatastoreRepresentation

public class CharacterMapping
extends SingleFieldMapping
implements SimpleDatastoreRepresentation

Mapping for Character type. In RDBMS, this mapping can be stored in INT or CHAR columns. The use of INT columns facilitates greater than, less than operations within queries etc.

Version:

$Revision: 1.17 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.JavaTypeMapping

datastoreContainer, datastoreMappings, dba, fmd, LOCALISER, MAPPING_ARRAY_ELEMENT, MAPPING_COLLECTION_ELEMENT, MAPPING_FIELD, MAPPING_MAP_KEY, MAPPING_MAP_VALUE, referenceMapping, roleForField, type

Constructor Summary

CharacterMapping()

Method Summary

int	getDefaultLength(int index) Method to return the default length of this type in the datastore.
java.lang.Class	getJavaType() Accessor for the java type being mapped.
java.lang.Object	getSampleValue(ClassLoaderResolver clr) Return a sample value of the mapping type to be used for internal evaluation of type and conversion.
ScalarExpression	newLiteral(QueryExpression qs, java.lang.Object value) Creates a literal from an value.
ScalarExpression	newScalarExpression(QueryExpression qs, LogicSetExpression te) Creates a expression from a field name/table.

Methods inherited from class org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.SingleFieldMapping

equals, getBoolean, getByte, getChar, getDouble, getFloat, getInt, getJavaTypeForDatastoreMapping, getLong, getObject, getShort, getString, getValidValues, initialize, prepareDatastoreMapping, setBoolean, setByte, setChar, setDouble, setFloat, setInt, setLong, setObject, setShort, setString

Methods inherited from class org.jpox.store.mapped.mapping.JavaTypeMapping

addDataStoreMapping, failureMessage, getDatastoreContainer, getDataStoreMapping, getDataStoreMappings, getFieldMetaData, getNumberOfDatastoreFields, getObject, getReferenceMapping, getRoleForField, getType, includeInFetchStatement, includeInInsertStatement, includeInUpdateStatement, initialize, isNullable, isSerialised, setDefault, setFieldInformation, setObject, setReferenceMapping, setRoleForField

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CharacterMapping

public CharacterMapping()

Method Detail

getSampleValue

public java.lang.Object getSampleValue(ClassLoaderResolver clr)

Description copied from class: JavaTypeMapping

Return a sample value of the mapping type to be used for internal evaluation of type and conversion.

Specified by:

getSampleValue in class JavaTypeMapping

Parameters:

clr - TODO

Returns:

The sample value.

newLiteral

public ScalarExpression newLiteral(QueryExpression qs,
                                   java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from class: JavaTypeMapping

Creates a literal from an value. A string literal is enclosed in single quotes. for example: "literal". A string literal that includes a single quote is represented by two single quotes. for example: "literal''s". An exact numeric literal is a numeric value without a decimal point, such as 57, -957, +62. An approximate numeric literal is a numeric value in scientific notation, such as 7E3, -57.9E2, or a numeric value with a decimal, such as 7., -95.7, +6.2.

Specified by:

newLiteral in class JavaTypeMapping

Parameters:

qs - The Query statement

value - The object

Returns:

A Scalar Expression

newScalarExpression

public ScalarExpression newScalarExpression(QueryExpression qs,
                                            LogicSetExpression te)

Description copied from class: JavaTypeMapping

Creates a expression from a field name/table. e.g. tablename.fieldname; tablealias.fieldalias

Specified by:

newScalarExpression in class JavaTypeMapping

Parameters:

qs - The Query statement

te - the alias for the table

Returns:

A Scalar Expression

getJavaType

public java.lang.Class getJavaType()

Description copied from class: JavaTypeMapping

Accessor for the java type being mapped. This is the java type that the mapping represents. Some examples :

• if the field is of type "MyClass" then the mapping will be OIDMapping (or subclass) the javaType will be OID, and the type will be MyClass.
• if the field is of type "int" then the mapping will be IntegerMapping, the javaType will be Integer, and the type will be int.

The "java type" is the java-type name used in the plugin.xml mapping file

Specified by:

getJavaType in class JavaTypeMapping

Returns:

The java type

getDefaultLength

public int getDefaultLength(int index)

Method to return the default length of this type in the datastore. Character(char will need a single character!

Overrides:

getDefaultLength in class SingleFieldMapping

Parameters:

index - The index position

Returns:

The default length