org.springframework.data.convert

Class SimpleTypeInformationMapper

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.data.convert.SimpleTypeInformationMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeInformationMapper

public class SimpleTypeInformationMapper
extends Object
implements TypeInformationMapper

Basic TypeInformationMapper implementation that interprets the alias handles as fully qualified class name and tries to load a class with the given name to build TypeInformation. Returns the fully qualified class name for alias creation.

Author:

Oliver Gierke, Mark Paluch

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleTypeInformationMapper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Alias	createAliasFor(TypeInformation<?> type) Turn the given type information into the String representation that shall be stored.
TypeInformation<?>	resolveTypeFrom(Alias alias) Returns the TypeInformation that shall be used when the given String value is found as type hint.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleTypeInformationMapper

public SimpleTypeInformationMapper()

Method Detail

resolveTypeFrom

@Nullable
public TypeInformation<?> resolveTypeFrom(Alias alias)

Returns the TypeInformation that shall be used when the given String value is found as type hint. The implementation will simply interpret the given value as fully-qualified class name and try to load the class. Will return null in case the given String is empty.

Specified by:

resolveTypeFrom in interface TypeInformationMapper

Parameters:

alias - the type to load, must not be null.

Returns:

the type to be used for the given String representation or null if nothing found or the class cannot be loaded.

createAliasFor

public Alias createAliasFor(TypeInformation<?> type)

Turn the given type information into the String representation that shall be stored. Default implementation simply returns the fully-qualified class name.

Specified by:

createAliasFor in interface TypeInformationMapper

Parameters:

type - must not be null.

Returns:

the String representation to be stored or null if no type information shall be stored.