Class CharacterMapping


public class CharacterMapping extends SingleFieldMapping
Mapping for Character type. In RDBMS, this mapping can be stored in INT or CHAR columns. The use of INT columns facilitates greater than, less than operations within queries etc.
  • Constructor Details

    • CharacterMapping

      public CharacterMapping()
  • Method Details

    • getJavaType

      public Class getJavaType()
      Description copied from class: JavaTypeMapping
      Accessor for the java type being mapped. This is the java type that the mapping represents. Some examples :
      • if the field is of type "MyClass" then the mapping will be OIDMapping (or subclass) the javaType will be OID, and the type will be MyClass.
      • if the field is of type "int" then the mapping will be IntegerMapping, the javaType will be Integer, and the type will be int.
      The "java type" is the java-type name used in the plugin.xml mapping file
      Specified by:
      getJavaType in class JavaTypeMapping
      Returns:
      The java type
    • getDefaultLength

      public int getDefaultLength(int index)
      Method to return the default length of this type in the datastore. Character/char will need a single character!
      Overrides:
      getDefaultLength in class SingleFieldMapping
      Parameters:
      index - The index position
      Returns:
      The default length