org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types
Class AnyType

java.lang.Object
  org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.AbstractType
      org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.AnyType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Type, ValueConverter

public final class AnyType
extends AbstractType

Author:

Bogdan Stefanescu

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	ID
static AnyType	INSTANCE

Fields inherited from class org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.AbstractType

EMPTY_SUPERTYPES, F_NOTNULL, F_READONLY

Fields inherited from interface org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.Type

ANY

Method Summary

Object	convert(Object object) Converts the given value to an object compatible with the associated type.
Type	getSuperType() Gets the super type.
Type[]	getTypeHierarchy() Gets the entire hierarchy of super-types.
boolean	isAnyType() Tests whether this type is the ANY type.
boolean	validate(Object object) Tests whether the given object is of this type.

Methods inherited from class org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.AbstractType

decode, encode, getHelper, getName, getRef, getSchema, getSchemaName, isAny, isComplexType, isCompositeType, isListType, isNotNull, isReadOnly, isSimpleType, isSuperTypeOf, newInstance, setNotNull, setReadOnly

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ID

public static final String ID

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Constant Field Values

INSTANCE

public static final AnyType INSTANCE

Method Detail

getSuperType

public Type getSuperType()

Description copied from interface: Type

Gets the super type.

Specified by:

getSuperType in interface Type

Overrides:

getSuperType in class AbstractType

Returns:

the super type or null if this is a primitive type

getTypeHierarchy

public Type[] getTypeHierarchy()

Description copied from interface: Type

Gets the entire hierarchy of super-types.

The array is ordered as follows:

• the direct super type is the first element,
• the super super type is the second element,
• and so on.

The returned array is never null. An empty array is returned in the case of ANY type.

Specified by:

getTypeHierarchy in interface Type

Overrides:

getTypeHierarchy in class AbstractType

Returns:

an array containing the supertypes of this type

isAnyType

public boolean isAnyType()

Description copied from interface: Type

Tests whether this type is the ANY type.

Specified by:

isAnyType in interface Type

Overrides:

isAnyType in class AbstractType

Returns:

true if it is the ANY type, false otherwise

validate

public boolean validate(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Type

Tests whether the given object is of this type.

Specified by:

validate in interface Type

Overrides:

validate in class AbstractType

Parameters:

object - the object to test

Returns:

true if the given object if of this type, false otherwise

convert

public Object convert(Object object)

Description copied from interface: ValueConverter

Converts the given value to an object compatible with the associated type.

Parameters:

object - the value to convert

Returns:

the converted value