ojb.broker.accesslayer
Interface ConversionStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArticleConversionStrategy, ConversionStrategyDefaultImpl

public interface ConversionStrategy

extends java.io.Serializable

ConversionStrategy declares a protocol for type and Value conversions between Java objects and SQL types and values. The default implementation does not modify its input. But OJB users are free to build their own conversions that perform arbitrary mappings. the mapping has to defined in the xml repository.

Author:

Thomas Mahler

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	javaToSql(java.lang.Object source, FieldDescriptor fld) convert a Java object to its SQL pendant, used for insert & update
java.lang.Object	sqlToJava(java.lang.Object source, FieldDescriptor fld) convert a SQL value to a Java Object, used for SELECT

Method Detail

javaToSql

public java.lang.Object javaToSql(java.lang.Object source,
                                  FieldDescriptor fld)

convert a Java object to its SQL pendant, used for insert & update

sqlToJava

public java.lang.Object sqlToJava(java.lang.Object source,
                                  FieldDescriptor fld)

convert a SQL value to a Java Object, used for SELECT