PrimitiveType (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

LiteralType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterNCharType, CharacterType, DoubleType, FloatType, IntegerType, LongType, NumericBooleanType, ShortType, TrueFalseType, YesNoType
```
public interface PrimitiveType<T>
extends LiteralType<T>
```
Additional contract for primitive / primitive wrapper types.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.io.Serializable`	`getDefaultValue()`	Get this type's default value.
`java.lang.Class`	`getPrimitiveClass()`	Retrieve the primitive counterpart to the wrapper type identified by `Type.getReturnedClass()`.
`java.lang.String`	`toString(T value)`	Retrieve the string representation of the given value.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.LiteralType
objectToSQLString

- Method Detail
  - getPrimitiveClass
```
java.lang.Class getPrimitiveClass()
```
    Retrieve the primitive counterpart to the wrapper type identified by Type.getReturnedClass().
    
    Returns:
    
    The primitive Java type.
  - toString
```
java.lang.String toString(T value)
```
    Retrieve the string representation of the given value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The value to be stringified.
    
    Returns:
    
    The string representation
  - getDefaultValue
```
java.io.Serializable getDefaultValue()
```
    Get this type's default value.
    
    Returns:
    
    The default value.