org.hibernate.type

Interface LiteralType<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscriminatorType<T>, PrimitiveType<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigIntegerType, BooleanType, ByteType, CharacterNCharType, CharacterType, CurrencyType, CustomType, DateType, DbTimestampType, DoubleType, DurationType, FloatType, InstantType, IntegerType, LocalDateTimeType, LocalDateType, LocaleType, LocalTimeType, LongType, NumericBooleanType, OffsetDateTimeType, OffsetTimeType, ShortType, StringNVarcharType, StringType, TimestampType, TimeType, TimeZoneType, TrueFalseType, UrlType, UUIDCharType, YesNoType, ZonedDateTimeType

public interface LiteralType<T>

Additional contract for a Type that may appear as an SQL literal

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	objectToSQLString(T value, Dialect dialect) Convert the value into a string representation, suitable for embedding in an SQL statement as a literal.

Method Detail

objectToSQLString

String objectToSQLString(T value,
                         Dialect dialect)
                  throws Exception

Convert the value into a string representation, suitable for embedding in an SQL statement as a literal.

Parameters:

value - The value to convert

dialect - The SQL dialect

Returns:

The value's string representation

Throws:

Exception - Indicates an issue converting the value to literal string.