net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types
Class StringType

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sourceforge.sqlunit.types.UnsupportedType
      extended by 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.