org.hibernate.type
Class BinaryType

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.hibernate.type.AbstractType
      extended by org.hibernate.type.NullableType
          extended by org.hibernate.type.MutableType
              extended by org.hibernate.type.AbstractBynaryType
                  extended by org.hibernate.type.BinaryType
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparator, Type, VersionType

public class BinaryType
extends AbstractBynaryType

binary: A type that maps an SQL VARBINARY to a Java byte[].

Author:
Gavin King
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
BinaryType()
           
 
Method Summary
 String getName()
          Returns the abbreviated name of the type.
 Class getReturnedClass()
          The class returned by nullSafeGet() methods.
protected  Object toExternalFormat(byte[] bytes)
          Convert the byte[] into the expected object type
protected  byte[] toInternalFormat(Object bytes)
          Convert the object into the internal byte[] representation
 
Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.type.AbstractBynaryType
compare, compare, deepCopyNotNull, fromStringValue, get, getComparator, getHashCode, isEqual, next, seed, set, sqlType, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.type.MutableType
deepCopy, isMutable, replace
 
Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.type.NullableType
fromXMLNode, fromXMLString, getColumnSpan, isDirty, isEqual, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeToString, setToXMLNode, sqlTypes, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString, toXMLString
 
Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.type.AbstractType
assemble, beforeAssemble, disassemble, getHashCode, getSemiResolvedType, hydrate, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isModified, isSame, isXMLElement, replace, replaceNode, resolve, semiResolve
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type
assemble, beforeAssemble, deepCopy, disassemble, fromXMLNode, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getSemiResolvedType, hydrate, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isEqual, isModified, isMutable, isSame, isXMLElement, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, replace, replace, resolve, semiResolve, setToXMLNode, sqlTypes, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals
 

Constructor Detail

BinaryType

public BinaryType()
Method Detail

toExternalFormat

protected Object toExternalFormat(byte[] bytes)
Description copied from class: AbstractBynaryType
Convert the byte[] into the expected object type

Specified by:
toExternalFormat in class AbstractBynaryType

toInternalFormat

protected byte[] toInternalFormat(Object bytes)
Description copied from class: AbstractBynaryType
Convert the object into the internal byte[] representation

Specified by:
toInternalFormat in class AbstractBynaryType

getReturnedClass

public Class getReturnedClass()
Description copied from interface: Type
The class returned by nullSafeGet() methods. This is used to establish the class of an array of this type.

Returns:
Class

getName

public String getName()
Description copied from interface: Type
Returns the abbreviated name of the type.

Specified by:
getName in interface Type
Specified by:
getName in class AbstractBynaryType
Returns:
String the Hibernate type name