net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Interface DatatypeDetector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDatatypeDetector, DatatypeDetectorImpl

@ComponentSpecification
public interface DatatypeDetector

This is the interface to detect if some type is a Datatype.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CDI_NAME The CDI name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isDatatype(Class<?> type) This method determines if the given Class reflects an (immutable) Datatype.
boolean	isJavaStandardDatatype(Class<?> type) This method determines if the given Class reflects a Java standard Datatype provided by the JDK.

Field Detail

CDI_NAME

static final String CDI_NAME

The CDI name.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

isDatatype

boolean isDatatype(Class<?> type)

This method determines if the given Class reflects an (immutable) Datatype. It will return true if the given value is a String, Boolean, Character, anything derived from Number, an Enum, an instance of Datatype, a Date (even though not immutable) or anything similar.

Parameters:

type - is the Class to check.

Returns:

true if the given Class represents a Datatype, false otherwise.

isJavaStandardDatatype

boolean isJavaStandardDatatype(Class<?> type)

This method determines if the given Class reflects a Java standard Datatype provided by the JDK. This is any primitive type or any of Integer, Long, Double, Float, Byte, Short, Boolean, String, Character, BigInteger, BigDecimal, Date, Calendar, LocalDate, LocalTime, LocalDateTime, Instant, OffsetDateTime, OffsetTime, Duration, ZonedDateTime, YearMonth, MonthDay, Year, Period, ZoneOffset.

Parameters:

type - is the Class to check.

Returns:

true if the given Class represents a Java standard Datatype, false otherwise.

Since:

6.0.0