org.hibernate.type
Interface IdentifierType

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscriminatorType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigIntegerType, BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterType, CharBooleanType, CustomType, DateType, IntegerType, LongType, ShortType, StringType, TrueFalseType, YesNoType

public interface IdentifierType
extends Type

A Type that may be used as an identifier.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Object

stringToObject(String xml) Convert the value from the mapping file to a Java object.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type

assemble, beforeAssemble, compare, deepCopy, disassemble, fromXMLNode, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getHashCode, getName, getReturnedClass, 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

Method Detail

stringToObject

Object stringToObject(String xml)
                      throws Exception

Convert the value from the mapping file to a Java object.

Parameters:

xml - the value of discriminator-value or unsaved-value attribute

Returns:

Object

Throws:

Exception