org.apache.ddlutils.io.converters

Interface SqlTypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayBase64Converter, DateConverter, NumberConverter, TimeConverter, TimestampConverter

public interface SqlTypeConverter

Interface for classes that convert between strings and sql data types.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertFromString(String textRep, int sqlTypeCode) Converts the given textual representation to an instance of the target type.
String	convertToString(Object obj, int sqlTypeCode) Converts the given object to a string representation.

Method Detail

convertFromString

Object convertFromString(String textRep,
                       int sqlTypeCode)
                         throws ConversionException

Converts the given textual representation to an instance of the target type.

Parameters:

textRep - The textual representation

sqlTypeCode - The target sql type code, one of the constants in Types

Returns:

The corresponding object

Throws:

ConversionException

convertToString

String convertToString(Object obj,
                     int sqlTypeCode)
                       throws ConversionException

Converts the given object to a string representation.

Parameters:

obj - The object

sqlTypeCode - The corresponding source type code

Returns:

The textual representation

Throws:

ConversionException