org.hibernate.search.bridge.util.impl

Class ToStringNullMarker

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.search.bridge.util.impl.ToStringNullMarker

All Implemented Interfaces:

NullMarker

public class ToStringNullMarker
extends Object
implements NullMarker

A null marker that uses toString() to retrieve the null string representation.

Author:

Yoann Rodiere

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ToStringNullMarker(Object indexNullAs)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	nullEncoded() This returns the actual value to be indexed in place of null.
String	nullRepresentedAsString() This is mostly a requirement for integration with other old-style contracts which expect a strongly String based strategy.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ToStringNullMarker

public ToStringNullMarker(Object indexNullAs)

Method Detail

nullRepresentedAsString

public String nullRepresentedAsString()

Description copied from interface: NullMarker

This is mostly a requirement for integration with other old-style contracts which expect a strongly String based strategy.

Specified by:

nullRepresentedAsString in interface NullMarker

Returns:

a string representation of the null-marker, or null if no marker is used.

nullEncoded

public Object nullEncoded()

Description copied from interface: NullMarker

This returns the actual value to be indexed in place of null.

The returned value may be:

• A String, for text fields.
• A Number, for numeric fields.

Specified by:

nullEncoded in interface NullMarker

Returns:

a representation of the null-marker ready to be indexed.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object