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

Class ToLangStringConverter

java.lang.Object

cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.oom.converter.ToLangStringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeConverter<LangString,Object>, ConverterWrapper<LangString,Object>

public class ToLangStringConverter
extends Object
implements ConverterWrapper<LangString,Object>

Converts language tagged and language-less values to LangString attributes.

This is for the rare case that LangString is used as attribute type instead of the recommended MultilingualString.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ToLangStringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
LangString	convertToAttribute(Object value)	Converts the data stored in the repository into the value to be stored in the entity attribute.
Object	convertToAxiomValue(LangString 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

ToLangStringConverter

public ToLangStringConverter()

Method Details

convertToAxiomValue

public Object convertToAxiomValue(LangString 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<LangString,Object>

Parameters:

value - Value to convert

Returns:

Converted data

convertToAttribute

public LangString 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<LangString,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<LangString,Object>

Parameters:

type - Axiom value type

Returns:

Whether the type is supported by this wrapper