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.

Version:

$Revision: 289996 $

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convertFromString(java.lang.String textRep, int sqlTypeCode) Converts the given textual representation to an instance of the target type.
java.lang.String	convertToString(java.lang.Object obj, int sqlTypeCode) Converts the given object to a string representation.

Method Detail

convertFromString

java.lang.Object convertFromString(java.lang.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

java.lang.String convertToString(java.lang.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