Package org.dbunit.dataset.datatype

Class UnknownDataType

java.lang.Object

org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.DataType

org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.AbstractDataType

org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.UnknownDataType

public class UnknownDataType
extends AbstractDataType

DataType fallback used for SQL types that DbUnit does not otherwise recognize, mapped to Object.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Manuel Laflamme

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.DataType

BIGINT, BIGINT_AUX_LONG, BINARY, BIT, BLOB, BOOLEAN, CHAR, CLOB, DATE, DECIMAL, DOUBLE, FLOAT, INTEGER, LONGNVARCHAR, LONGVARBINARY, LONGVARCHAR, NCHAR, NUMERIC, NVARCHAR, REAL, RELATIVE_DATE_TIME_PARSER, SMALLINT, TIME, TIMESTAMP, TINYINT, UNKNOWN, VARBINARY, VARCHAR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(Object o1, Object o2)	Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
Object	typeCast(Object value)	Returns the specified value typecasted to this DataType

Methods inherited from class org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.AbstractDataType

areObjectsEqual, compareNonNulls, getSqlType, getSqlValue, getTypeClass, isDateTime, isNumber, loadClass, loadClass, setSqlValue, toString

Methods inherited from class org.dbunit.dataset.datatype.DataType

asString, forObject, forSqlType, forSqlTypeName, getSqlTypeName, isExtendedSyntax

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

typeCast

public Object typeCast(Object value)
                throws TypeCastException

Description copied from class: DataType

Returns the specified value typecasted to this DataType

Specified by:

typeCast in class DataType

Parameters:

value - the value to typecast.

Returns:

the typecast value.

Throws:

TypeCastException - if the value cannot be typecast to this DataType.

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
 Object o2)
            throws TypeCastException

Description copied from class: DataType

Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

The two values are typecast to this DataType before being compared.

Overrides:

compare in class AbstractDataType

Parameters:

o1 - the first value to compare.

o2 - the second value to compare.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as o1 is less than, equal to, or greater than o2.

Throws:

TypeCastException - if the arguments' types prevent them from being compared by this Comparator.