oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.flex.runtime.util.common
Class ValueType

java.lang.Object
  oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.flex.runtime.util.common.ValueType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValueTypeCharacter, ValueTypeNumber, ValueTypeUtilDate

public abstract class ValueType
extends java.lang.Object

The type of a flexfield segment value.

Nested Class Summary

static class

ValueType.DataType Value data types.

Constructor Summary

protected

ValueType(ValueType.DataType dataType) Constructs a value type.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	formatDefaultValue(java.lang.String defaultValue, java.lang.Class targetJavaType) Formats the default value so that the formatted String can be parsed at runtime into an object that can be applied to the target attribute.
ValueType.DataType	getDataType() Gets the data type of the value.
abstract java.lang.String	getFormatString() Gets the format string that can be recognized by oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.oaext.model.FlexfieldValueConverter.
java.lang.String	getToStringExpression(java.lang.Class objType, java.lang.String objName) Gets the "toString" expression for the given object reference.
abstract boolean	isJavaTypeSupported(java.lang.Class javaType) Checks whether the given Java type can be used to store values of this value type.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValueType

protected ValueType(ValueType.DataType dataType)

Constructs a value type.

Method Detail

getDataType

public ValueType.DataType getDataType()

Gets the data type of the value.

Returns:

the data type

getFormatString

public abstract java.lang.String getFormatString()

Gets the format string that can be recognized by oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.oaext.model.FlexfieldValueConverter.

Returns:

the format string

See Also:

FlexfieldValueConverter

isJavaTypeSupported

public abstract boolean isJavaTypeSupported(java.lang.Class javaType)

Checks whether the given Java type can be used to store values of this value type.

Parameters:

javaType - the Java type to be checked

Returns:

true if the given Java type can be used to store values of this value type

getToStringExpression

public java.lang.String getToStringExpression(java.lang.Class objType,
                                              java.lang.String objName)

Gets the "toString" expression for the given object reference. A "toString" method converts the object to a string that can be recognized as a value of this value type. Evaluation of the return expression always results in a String object.

Parameters:

objType - the java type of the object

objName - the name of the object

Returns:

the "toString" expression

formatDefaultValue

public java.lang.String formatDefaultValue(java.lang.String defaultValue,
                                           java.lang.Class targetJavaType)

Formats the default value so that the formatted String can be parsed at runtime into an object that can be applied to the target attribute.

Parameters:

defaultValue - the default value from the metadata

targetJavaType - the Java type of the target attribute

Returns:

the formatted String

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of this object