net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types
Class StringType

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.UnsupportedType
      net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.StringType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, IType

public class StringType
extends UnsupportedType

Models a String type.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Author:

Ralph Brendler (rbrendler@users.sourceforge.net), Sujit Pal (spal@users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

StringType()

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object obj) Returns a negative, zero or positive number according to whether this object is smaller, equal or larger than the passed in object.
protected java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object obj) Formats a String type.
protected java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String str) Parses a String type.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.UnsupportedType

equals, formatString, getId, getName, getValue, hashCode, setId, setName, setValue, toObject, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringType

public StringType()

Method Detail

format

protected java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object obj)
                           throws SQLUnitException

Formats a String type.

Overrides:

format in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

obj - an Object to be converted to the IType interface.

Returns:

the String representation of the object.

Throws:

SQLUnitException - if the formatting failed.

parse

protected java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String str)
                          throws SQLUnitException

Parses a String type.

Overrides:

parse in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

str - the String representation of the DATE.

Returns:

a java.sql.Date object.

Throws:

SQLUnitException - if the parsing failed.

compareTo

public final int compareTo(java.lang.Object obj)

Returns a negative, zero or positive number according to whether this object is smaller, equal or larger than the passed in object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Overrides:

compareTo in class UnsupportedType

Parameters:

obj - an Object of type DateType.

Returns:

a negative, zero or positive number.