Package com.vividsolutions.jump.feature

Class AttributeType

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.jump.feature.AttributeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AttributeType
extends Object
implements Serializable

Types of attributes

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static AttributeType	BIGDECIMAL
static AttributeType	BIGINT
static AttributeType	BIT
static AttributeType	BOOLEAN
static AttributeType	CHAR
static AttributeType	DATE
static AttributeType	DECIMAL
static AttributeType	DOUBLE
static AttributeType	FLOAT
static AttributeType	GEOMETRY
static AttributeType	INTEGER
static AttributeType	LONG
static AttributeType	LONGVARCHAR
static AttributeType	NUMERIC
static AttributeType	OBJECT
static AttributeType	REAL
static AttributeType	SMALLINT
static AttributeType	STRING
static AttributeType	TEXT
static AttributeType	TIME
static AttributeType	TIMESTAMP
static AttributeType	TINYINT
static AttributeType	VARCHAR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	AttributeType(String name)	Deprecated.
protected	AttributeType(String name, Class<?> javaClass)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Collection<AttributeType>	allTypes()
static boolean	areCompatibleTypes(AttributeType attrType1, AttributeType attrType2)	Checks if two attribute types are compatible.
static Collection<AttributeType>	basicTypes()
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getName()
static boolean	isBoolean(AttributeType type)	Checks if an attribute type is assignable to a boolean
static boolean	isDate(AttributeType type)	Checks if an attribute type is a date
static boolean	isNumeric(AttributeType type)	Checks if an attribute type is numeric
static boolean	isNumericWithoutDecimal(AttributeType type)	Checks if an attribute type is numeric without any decimal
static boolean	isString(AttributeType type)	Checks if an attribute type is assignable to a String
static AttributeType	toAttributeType(Class<?> javaClass)	Gets the first attribute type related with a given class.
static AttributeType	toAttributeType(String name)	Converts a type name to an AttributeType.
Class<?>	toJavaClass()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

STRING

public static final AttributeType STRING

CHAR

public static final AttributeType CHAR

VARCHAR

public static final AttributeType VARCHAR

LONGVARCHAR

public static final AttributeType LONGVARCHAR

TEXT

public static final AttributeType TEXT

BOOLEAN

public static final AttributeType BOOLEAN

BIT

public static final AttributeType BIT

SMALLINT

public static final AttributeType SMALLINT

TINYINT

public static final AttributeType TINYINT

INTEGER

public static final AttributeType INTEGER

LONG

public static final AttributeType LONG

BIGINT

public static final AttributeType BIGINT

DECIMAL

public static final AttributeType DECIMAL

NUMERIC

public static final AttributeType NUMERIC

BIGDECIMAL

public static final AttributeType BIGDECIMAL

FLOAT

public static final AttributeType FLOAT

DOUBLE

public static final AttributeType DOUBLE

REAL

public static final AttributeType REAL

DATE

public static final AttributeType DATE

TIME

public static final AttributeType TIME

TIMESTAMP

public static final AttributeType TIMESTAMP

GEOMETRY

public static final AttributeType GEOMETRY

OBJECT

public static final AttributeType OBJECT

Constructor Detail

AttributeType

protected AttributeType(String name,
                        Class<?> javaClass)

Parameters:

name - of the new AttributeType

javaClass - java class used to store attributes of this type

AttributeType

@Deprecated
public AttributeType(String name)

Deprecated.

Parameters:

name - of this new AttributeType

Method Detail

allTypes

public static Collection<AttributeType> allTypes()

Returns:

all AttributeTypes defined in that class.

basicTypes

public static Collection<AttributeType> basicTypes()

Returns:

AttributeTypes currently used through OpenJUMP user interface

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toAttributeType

public static AttributeType toAttributeType(String name)

Converts a type name to an AttributeType.

Parameters:

name - the name of the AttributeType to retrieve

Returns:

the corresponding AttributeType

toJavaClass

public Class<?> toJavaClass()

Returns:

the java class used to store attributes of this type.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toAttributeType

public static AttributeType toAttributeType(Class<?> javaClass)

Gets the first attribute type related with a given class. Tries the basic types first.

Parameters:

javaClass - the javaClass to retrieve

Returns:

an AttributeType based on this java class

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the name of this AtributeType.

areCompatibleTypes

public static boolean areCompatibleTypes(AttributeType attrType1,
                                         AttributeType attrType2)

Checks if two attribute types are compatible.

isNumeric

public static boolean isNumeric(AttributeType type)

Checks if an attribute type is numeric

Parameters:

type - the AttributeType

Returns:

true if type uses a java class implementing Number to store attribute values.

isNumericWithoutDecimal

public static boolean isNumericWithoutDecimal(AttributeType type)

Checks if an attribute type is numeric without any decimal

Parameters:

type - the AttributeType

Returns:

true if type uses an Integer or a Long to store attribute values

isDate

public static boolean isDate(AttributeType type)

Checks if an attribute type is a date

Parameters:

type - the AttributeType

Returns:

true if type uses a java.util.Date to store attribute values

isString

public static boolean isString(AttributeType type)

Checks if an attribute type is assignable to a String

Parameters:

type - the AttributeType

Returns:

true if type uses a java String to store attribute values

isBoolean

public static boolean isBoolean(AttributeType type)

Checks if an attribute type is assignable to a boolean

Parameters:

type - the AttributeType

Returns:

true if type uses a java Boolean to store attribute values.