net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Interface DatatypeDescriptorManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatatypeDescriptorManagerImpl

@ComponentSpecification
public interface DatatypeDescriptorManager

This is the interface for a manager of DatatypeDescriptors for all supported Datatypes. Instead of writing adapters for all kinds of mapping technologies (hibernate, jackson, jaxb, etc.) you can simple create central support via DatatypeDescriptorManager and use the generic adapters for according mapping technologies provided by this project (see net.sf.mmm.util.lang.base.datatype.adapter). If you use SimpleDatatype there is even nothing left to do as your Datatype is supported out of the box. For composed Datatypes you can implement your own DatatypeDescriptor and plugin it into the DatatypeDescriptorManager via Cdi.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> DatatypeDescriptor<T>	getDatatypeDescriptor(Class<T> datatype) Gets the DatatypeDescriptor for the specified datatype.

Method Detail

getDatatypeDescriptor

<T> DatatypeDescriptor<T> getDatatypeDescriptor(Class<T> datatype)
                                         throws IllegalArgumentException

Gets the DatatypeDescriptor for the specified datatype.

Type Parameters:

T - is the generic type of the Datatype.

Parameters:

datatype - is the Class reflecting the Datatype.

Returns:

the corresponding DatatypeDescriptor.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - is the given Class is not a valid Datatype.