org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.primitives
Class BinaryType

java.lang.Object
  org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.AbstractType
      org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.PrimitiveType
          org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types.primitives.BinaryType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, SimpleType, Type, ValueConverter

public final class BinaryType
extends PrimitiveType

The binary type handles values of type InputStream.

Author:

Bogdan Stefanescu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	ID
static BinaryType	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 value) Converts the given value to an object compatible with the associated type.
Object	decode(String str) Decodes the string representation into an object of this type.
String	encode(Object object) Encodes the given object that is assumed to be of this type into a string representation.
static Object	parseString(String str)
boolean	validate(Object object) Tests whether the given object is of this type.

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

getPrimitiveType, getRef, getSuperType, getTypeHierarchy, isPrimitive, isSimpleType

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

getHelper, getName, getSchema, getSchemaName, isAny, isAnyType, isComplexType, isCompositeType, isListType, isNotNull, isReadOnly, isSuperTypeOf, newInstance, setNotNull, setReadOnly

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

getHelper, getName, getSchema, getSchemaName, isAnyType, isComplexType, isCompositeType, isListType, isNotNull, isReadOnly, isSuperTypeOf, newInstance

Field Detail

ID

public static final String ID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

INSTANCE

public static final BinaryType INSTANCE

Method Detail

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

Specified by:

validate in class PrimitiveType

Parameters:

object - the object to test

Returns:

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

convert

public Object convert(Object value)

Description copied from interface: ValueConverter

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

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

Returns:

the converted value

parseString

public static Object parseString(String str)

decode

public Object decode(String str)

Description copied from interface: Type

Decodes the string representation into an object of this type.

Returns null if the string can not be decoded.

Specified by:

decode in interface Type

Overrides:

decode in class AbstractType

Parameters:

str - the string to decode

Returns:

the converted object that can be use as a value for an object of this type or null if the given object cannot be converted

encode

public String encode(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Type

Encodes the given object that is assumed to be of this type into a string representation.

Null is returned if the object cannot be converted.

Specified by:

encode in interface Type

Overrides:

encode in class AbstractType

Parameters:

object - the object to convert

Returns:

the string representation of the given object or null if object cannot be converted