com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.type
Class TypeHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.type.TypeHandlerFactory

public class TypeHandlerFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Not much of a suprise, this is a factory class for TypeHandler objects.

Constructor Summary

TypeHandlerFactory()
Default constructor

Method Summary

TypeHandler	getTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type) Get a TypeHandler for a class
TypeHandler	getTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.String jdbcType) Get a TypeHandler for a class and a JDBC type
TypeHandler	getUnkownTypeHandler() When in doubt, get the "unknown" type handler
boolean	hasTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type) Tells you if a particular class has a TypeHandler
void	putTypeAlias(java.lang.String alias, java.lang.String value) Adds a type alias that is case insensitive.
void	register(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.String jdbcType, TypeHandler handler) Register (add) a type handler for a class and JDBC type
void	register(java.lang.Class type, TypeHandler handler) Register (add) a type handler for a class
java.lang.String	resolveAlias(java.lang.String string) Lookup an aliased class and return it's REAL name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeHandlerFactory

public TypeHandlerFactory()

Default constructor

Method Detail

getTypeHandler

public TypeHandler getTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type)

Get a TypeHandler for a class

Parameters:

type - - the class you want a TypeHandler for

Returns:

- the handler

getTypeHandler

public TypeHandler getTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type,
                                  java.lang.String jdbcType)

Get a TypeHandler for a class and a JDBC type

Parameters:

type - - the class

jdbcType - - the jdbc type

Returns:

- the handler

getUnkownTypeHandler

public TypeHandler getUnkownTypeHandler()

When in doubt, get the "unknown" type handler

Returns:

- if I told you, it would not be unknown, would it?

hasTypeHandler

public boolean hasTypeHandler(java.lang.Class type)

Tells you if a particular class has a TypeHandler

Parameters:

type - - the class

Returns:

- true if there is a TypeHandler

register

public void register(java.lang.Class type,
                     TypeHandler handler)

Register (add) a type handler for a class

Parameters:

type - - the class

handler - - the handler instance

register

public void register(java.lang.Class type,
                     java.lang.String jdbcType,
                     TypeHandler handler)

Register (add) a type handler for a class and JDBC type

Parameters:

type - - the class

jdbcType - - the JDBC type

handler - - the handler instance

resolveAlias

public java.lang.String resolveAlias(java.lang.String string)

Lookup an aliased class and return it's REAL name

Parameters:

string - - the alias

Returns:

- the REAL name

putTypeAlias

public void putTypeAlias(java.lang.String alias,
                         java.lang.String value)

Adds a type alias that is case insensitive. All of the following String, string, StRiNg will equate to the same alias.

Parameters:

alias - - the alias

value - - the real class name