Package org.faktorips.codegen

Interface PrimitiveDatatypeHelper

All Superinterfaces:

BaseDatatypeHelper<JavaCodeFragment>, DatatypeHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPrimitiveDatatypeHelper, PrimitiveBooleanHelper, PrimitiveIntegerHelper, PrimitiveLongHelper

public interface PrimitiveDatatypeHelper
extends DatatypeHelper

Extended DatatypeHelper variant for data types representing Java's primitives.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.faktorips.codegen.DatatypeHelper

BIG_DECIMAL, BOOLEAN, DECIMAL, INTEGER, LONG, MONEY, PRIMITIVE_BOOLEAN, PRIMITIVE_INTEGER, STRING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DatatypeHelper	getWrapperTypeHelper()	Retrieves the DatatypeHelper for the wrapper type of the primitive type for which this helper is responsible.
JavaCodeFragment	toWrapper(JavaCodeFragment expression)	Given a JavaCodeFragment containing an expression of the primitive type this is a helper for, returns a JavaCodeFragment that converts the given expression to the appropriate wrapper class.

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.codegen.DatatypeHelper

createCastExpression, getDatatype, getJavaClassName, getRangeJavaClassName, getToStringExpression, getValueSetJavaClassName, newEnumValueSetInstance, newEnumValueSetInstance, newInstance, newInstanceFromExpression, newInstanceFromExpression, newRangeInstance, newValueInstance, nullExpression, referenceOrSafeCopyIfNeccessary, setDatatype

Method Details

toWrapper

JavaCodeFragment toWrapper(JavaCodeFragment expression)

Given a JavaCodeFragment containing an expression of the primitive type this is a helper for, returns a JavaCodeFragment that converts the given expression to the appropriate wrapper class.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if expression is null.

getWrapperTypeHelper

DatatypeHelper getWrapperTypeHelper()

Retrieves the DatatypeHelper for the wrapper type of the primitive type for which this helper is responsible.

Returns:

The DatatypeHelper of the not primitive wrapper type