org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert

Interface CouchbaseConverter

All Superinterfaces:

CouchbaseWriter<Object,CouchbaseDocument>, EntityConverter<CouchbasePersistentEntity<?>,CouchbasePersistentProperty,Object,CouchbaseDocument>, EntityReader<Object,CouchbaseDocument>, EntityWriter<Object,CouchbaseDocument>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCouchbaseConverter, MappingCouchbaseConverter

public interface CouchbaseConverter
extends EntityConverter<CouchbasePersistentEntity<?>,CouchbasePersistentProperty,Object,CouchbaseDocument>, CouchbaseWriter<Object,CouchbaseDocument>, EntityReader<Object,CouchbaseDocument>

Marker interface for the converter, identifying the types to and from that can be converted.

Author:

Michael Nitschinger, Simon Baslé

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertForWriteIfNeeded(Object value) Convert the value if necessary to the class that would actually be stored, or leave it as is if no conversion needed.
Alias	getTypeAlias(TypeInformation<?> info)
String	getTypeKey()
Class<?>	getWriteClassFor(Class<?> clazz) Return the Class that would actually be stored for a given Class.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.data.convert.EntityConverter

getConversionService, getMappingContext

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.data.convert.EntityReader

read

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.data.convert.EntityWriter

write

Method Detail

convertForWriteIfNeeded

Object convertForWriteIfNeeded(Object value)

Convert the value if necessary to the class that would actually be stored, or leave it as is if no conversion needed.

Parameters:

value - the value to be converted to the class that would actually be stored.

Returns:

the converted value (or the same value if no conversion necessary).

getWriteClassFor

Class<?> getWriteClassFor(Class<?> clazz)

Return the Class that would actually be stored for a given Class.

Parameters:

clazz - the source class.

Returns:

the target class that would actually be stored.

See Also:

convertForWriteIfNeeded(Object)

getTypeKey

String getTypeKey()

Returns:

the name of the field that will hold type information.

getTypeAlias

Alias getTypeAlias(TypeInformation<?> info)

Returns:

the alias value for the type