Package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.oom.converter

Class ToMultilingualStringConverter

java.lang.Object

cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.oom.converter.ToMultilingualStringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeConverter<MultilingualString,Object>, ConverterWrapper<MultilingualString,Object>

public class ToMultilingualStringConverter
extends Object
implements ConverterWrapper<MultilingualString,Object>

Supports mapping selected value types to multilingual strings.

This is not a general-purpose converter, it should be used only by the mapping of referenced lists containing multilingual string values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ToMultilingualStringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MultilingualString	convertToAttribute(Object value)	Converts the data stored in the repository into the value to be stored in the entity attribute.
Object	convertToAxiomValue(MultilingualString value)	Converts the value stored in the entity attribute into the data representation to be stored in the repository and supported by the OntoDriver API.
boolean	supportsAxiomValueType(Class<?> type)	Checks whether the wrapped converter supports converting the specified axiom value type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ToMultilingualStringConverter

public ToMultilingualStringConverter()

Method Details

convertToAxiomValue

public Object convertToAxiomValue(MultilingualString value)

Description copied from interface: AttributeConverter

Converts the value stored in the entity attribute into the data representation to be stored in the repository and supported by the OntoDriver API.

Specified by:

convertToAxiomValue in interface AttributeConverter<MultilingualString,Object>

Parameters:

value - Value to convert

Returns:

Converted data

convertToAttribute

public MultilingualString convertToAttribute(Object value)

Description copied from interface: AttributeConverter

Converts the data stored in the repository into the value to be stored in the entity attribute.

Note that it is the responsibility of the converter writer to specify the correct value type for the corresponding value for use by the OntoDriver: i.e., persistence providers are not expected to do such type conversion.

Specified by:

convertToAttribute in interface AttributeConverter<MultilingualString,Object>

Parameters:

value - Value to convert

Returns:

Converted data

supportsAxiomValueType

public boolean supportsAxiomValueType(Class<?> type)

Description copied from interface: ConverterWrapper

Checks whether the wrapped converter supports converting the specified axiom value type.

Specified by:

supportsAxiomValueType in interface ConverterWrapper<MultilingualString,Object>

Parameters:

type - Axiom value type

Returns:

Whether the type is supported by this wrapper