com.thinkaurelius.titan.graphdb.database.serialize

Interface AttributeHandling

All Known Subinterfaces:

Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardAttributeHandling, StandardSerializer

public interface AttributeHandling

Author:

Matthias Broecheler (me@matthiasb.com)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<V> V	convert(Class<V> datatype, Object value) Converts the given (not-null) value to the this datatype V.
boolean	isOrderPreservingDatatype(Class<?> datatype)
<T> void	registerClass(Class<T> type, AttributeHandler<T> attributeHandler)
<V> void	verifyAttribute(Class<V> datatype, Object value)

Method Detail

registerClass

<T> void registerClass(Class<T> type,
                     AttributeHandler<T> attributeHandler)

verifyAttribute

<V> void verifyAttribute(Class<V> datatype,
                       Object value)

convert

<V> V convert(Class<V> datatype,
            Object value)

Converts the given (not-null) value to the this datatype V. The given object will NOT be of type V. Throws an IllegalArgumentException if it cannot be converted.

Parameters:

value - to convert

Returns:

converted to expected datatype

isOrderPreservingDatatype

boolean isOrderPreservingDatatype(Class<?> datatype)