org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor
Class AbstractLobTypeConvertor

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractTypeConvertor
      org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractLobTypeConvertor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, org.exolab.castor.mapping.TypeConvertor, TypeConvertor

Direct Known Subclasses:

InputStreamToByteArray, InputStreamToSerializable, SqlClobToCharArray, SqlClobToString

public abstract class AbstractLobTypeConvertor

extends AbstractTypeConvertor

Abstract base class to convert from one type to another using a large object buffer whose size can be configured through properties file. The convertors do not have any parameters.

Since:

1.1.3

Version:

$Revision: 7134 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

AbstractLobTypeConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType, java.lang.Class toType)
Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Method Summary

void	configure(org.castor.core.util.Configuration configuration) Configure the converter with given configuration.
protected int	getLobBufferSize() Get LOB buffer size.
void	parameterize(java.lang.String parameter) Initialize the converter with the given parameter. If no parameter is available the method don't need to be called or may be called with null which both should lead to the default behaviour of the converter.

Methods inherited from class org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.AbstractTypeConvertor

clone, fromType, toString, toType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.TypeConvertor

convert

Constructor Detail

AbstractLobTypeConvertor

public AbstractLobTypeConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType,
                                java.lang.Class toType)

Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Parameters:

fromType - The type being converted from.

toType - The type being converted to.

Method Detail

configure

public final void configure(org.castor.core.util.Configuration configuration)

Configure the converter with given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - Configuration to use.

parameterize

public final void parameterize(java.lang.String parameter)

Initialize the converter with the given parameter. If no parameter is available the method don't need to be called or may be called with null which both should lead to the default behaviour of the converter.

Parameters:

parameter - The parameter for the convertor (null if is not specified).

getLobBufferSize

protected final int getLobBufferSize()

Get LOB buffer size.

Returns:

LOB buffer size.