com.edorasware.commons.core.entity

Interface NamedValueAccessor<V,W>

Type Parameters:

V - the expected transient type of the named value

W - the expected persisted type of the named value

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyName, VariableName

public interface NamedValueAccessor<V,W>

Access to named values in a type-safe manner. The named value potentially has two representations: a transient representation used when dealing with the value at runtime, and a persisted representation used to store the value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
V	deserialize(W value) Deserializes the given value to its transient representation.
String	getName() Returns the named value's name.
com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<W>	getSerializedValueType() Returns the named value's type of the serialized value.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the named value's name.

Returns:

the name

getSerializedValueType

com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken<W> getSerializedValueType()

Returns the named value's type of the serialized value.

Returns:

the type of the serialized value

deserialize

V deserialize(W value)

Deserializes the given value to its transient representation.

Parameters:

value - the value to deserialize

Returns:

the deserialized value