org.qi4j.api.type
Class ValueType

java.lang.Object
  org.qi4j.api.type.ValueType

All Implemented Interfaces:

HasTypes

Direct Known Subclasses:

CollectionType, EnumType, MapType, ValueCompositeType

public class ValueType
extends java.lang.Object
implements HasTypes

Base class for types of values in ValueComposites and Properties.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.Class<?>>

types

Constructor Summary

ValueType(java.lang.Class<?> type)

ValueType(java.lang.Iterable<? extends java.lang.Class<?>> types)

Method Summary

static boolean	isPrimitiveValue(java.lang.Object object) Check if a non-null object is of any of the Primitive Value Types or an array of them.
static boolean	isPrimitiveValueType(java.lang.Class<?> type)
static boolean	isPrimitiveValueType(ValueType valueType)
java.lang.Class<?>	mainType()
static ValueType	of(java.lang.Class<?> type)
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.Class<?>>	types()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

types

protected final java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.Class<?>> types

Constructor Detail

ValueType

public ValueType(java.lang.Class<?> type)

ValueType

public ValueType(java.lang.Iterable<? extends java.lang.Class<?>> types)

Method Detail

of

public static ValueType of(java.lang.Class<?> type)

isPrimitiveValue

public static boolean isPrimitiveValue(java.lang.Object object)

Check if a non-null object is of any of the Primitive Value Types or an array of them.

String, Boolean, Integer, Double, Float, Long, Byte, Short and Character and their Java primitive types counterparts are considered as Primitive Value Types.

Date, BigInteger, BigDecimal and JodaTime types are not considered as Primitive Value Types.

Returns:

true if object is a primitive value or an array of primitive values

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if object is null

isPrimitiveValueType

public static boolean isPrimitiveValueType(ValueType valueType)

isPrimitiveValueType

public static boolean isPrimitiveValueType(java.lang.Class<?> type)

See Also:

isPrimitiveValue(java.lang.Object)

mainType

public java.lang.Class<?> mainType()

types

public java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.Class<?>> types()

Specified by:

types in interface HasTypes

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object