oracle.owb.foundation.domain
Interface PrimitiveType

All Superinterfaces:

OWBNamedObject, ScalarType, Type

public interface PrimitiveType

extends ScalarType

PrimitiveType is the type used for primitive values.

Author:

Xiaoge Zhang

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDefaultValueString() Return the default value in string format for this type.
java.lang.Object	getValue(java.lang.String s) Parse a string and return the value.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object o) Convert an Object to its String representation.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.domain.Type

compare, equals, validate

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.OWBNamedObject

delete, getBusinessName, getClassDefinition, getComponent, getDescription, getName, getUOID, isDeletable, isEditable, isRenamable, setBusinessName, setDescription, setName

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue(java.lang.String s)
                          throws InvalidFormatException

Parse a string and return the value.

Parameters:

s - - The String representation of the object.

Returns:

Object - The real object.

Throws:

InvalidFormatException - - if the String is in invalid format.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object o)
                          throws TypeMismatchException

Convert an Object to its String representation.

Parameters:

o - - The object

Returns:

String - The String representation for the object.

Throws:

TypeMismatchException - - if the object passed in is of incompartible type.

getDefaultValueString

public java.lang.String getDefaultValueString()

Return the default value in string format for this type.

Returns:

default value in string.