net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Interface SimpleDatatype<V>

Type Parameters:

V - is the generic type of the value.

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeReadValue<V>, Datatype, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

EntityId, EnumDefinition<TYPE,CATEGORY>, EnumType<V>, EnumTypeWithCategory<V,CATEGORY>, VersionIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityId, AbstractEnumDefinition, AbstractSimpleDatatype, AbstractSimpleDatatypeBase, AbstractSimpleEnumDefinition, AbstractVersionIdentifier, Alignment, BooleanEnum, BooleanEnumDefinition, Comparator, CompareOperator, Conjunction, DevelopmentPhase, DiacriticalMark, Direction, EntityIdImpl, EnumEnumDefinition, EnumEnumType, HorizontalAlignment, Orientation, Password, SortOrder, VersionIdentifierImpl, VerticalAlignment

public interface SimpleDatatype<V>
extends Datatype, AttributeReadValue<V>

This is the interface for a simple Datatype, that can be represented by a single standard value.
A legal implementation should have a Constructor that is compatible with getValue(). An EnumType implementing this interface should also offer a static method called fromValue(V value) that returns the appropriate EnumType instance or null if no such instance exists.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
V	getValue() This method returns the raw value of this datatype.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api.Datatype

toString

Method Detail

getValue

V getValue()

This method returns the raw value of this datatype. This will typically be a standard datatype (like String, Character, Boolean, any type of Number, any type of java.time.LocalDate, etc.).

Specified by:

getValue in interface AttributeReadValue<V>

Returns:

the value of this datatype.