org.modeshape.jcr.api
Interface Value

All Superinterfaces:

Value

public interface Value
extends Value

Replicates JCR 2.0's javax.jcr.Value interface with the ability to return a Binary representation.

Method Summary

Binary

getBinary() Returns a Binary representation of this value.

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Value

getBoolean, getDate, getDouble, getLong, getStream, getString, getType

Method Detail

getBinary

Binary getBinary()
                 throws RepositoryException

Returns a Binary representation of this value. The Binary object in turn provides methods to access the binary data itself. Uses the standard conversion to binary (see JCR specification).

Returns:

a Binary representation of this value.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if an error occurs