org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.typeimpl
Class CharType

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.typeimpl.AbstractDatatype
      org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.typeimpl.CharType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Datatype

public class CharType
extends AbstractDatatype

The char datatype.

This datatype is useful when you are binding to a bean which have a char property. In that case you cannot use the string datatype, because JXPath will raise an error not being able to convert it.

Constructor Summary

CharType()

Method Summary

String	getDescriptiveName() Returns a descriptive name for the base type of this datatype, i.e. something like 'string', 'long', 'decimal', ...
Class	getTypeClass() Gets the class object for the type represented by this datatype.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.typeimpl.AbstractDatatype

addValidationRule, convertFromString, convertToString, generateSaxFragment, getBuilder, getConvertor, getPlainConvertor, isArrayType, setArrayType, setBuilder, setConvertor, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharType

public CharType()

Method Detail

getTypeClass

public Class getTypeClass()

Description copied from interface: Datatype

Gets the class object for the type represented by this datatype. E.g. Long, String, ... The objects returned from the convertFromString* methods are of this type, and the object passed to the convertToString* or validate methods should be of this type.

getDescriptiveName

public String getDescriptiveName()

Description copied from interface: Datatype

Returns a descriptive name for the base type of this datatype, i.e. something like 'string', 'long', 'decimal', ...