com.objectwave.utility
Interface ScalarType

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateWithoutTime

public interface ScalarType

This interface should be implemented by all classes which wish to be treated as a scalar type by the persistence layer. That is, types besides the fundamental types (Strings, Boolean, Numbers, arrays, and Dates) which will be maintained in a column of a database table. Objects which implement this interface should also be listed in the ScalarTypeFactory class, which is used to create objects of this type from a given string.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

toDatabaseString() Stringify this object instance in a form which will be recognized by the ScalarTypeGeneratorIF implementation for this class.

Method Detail

toDatabaseString

public java.lang.String toDatabaseString()

Stringify this object instance in a form which will be recognized by the ScalarTypeGeneratorIF implementation for this class.