Class SimpleTypeInformationMapper

java.lang.Object
org.springframework.data.convert.SimpleTypeInformationMapper
All Implemented Interfaces:
Aware, BeanClassLoaderAware, TypeInformationMapper
public class SimpleTypeInformationMapper extends Object implements TypeInformationMapper, BeanClassLoaderAware
Basic TypeInformationMapper implementation that interprets the alias handles as fully qualified class name and tries to load a class with the given name to build TypeInformation. Returns the fully qualified class name for alias creation.
Author:
Oliver Gierke, Mark Paluch

  • Constructor Details

    • SimpleTypeInformationMapper

      public SimpleTypeInformationMapper()

  • Method Details

    • resolveTypeFrom

      public @Nullable TypeInformation<?> resolveTypeFrom(Alias alias)
      Returns the TypeInformation that shall be used when the given String value is found as type hint. The implementation will simply interpret the given value as fully-qualified class name and try to load the class. Will return null in case the given String is empty.
      Specified by:
      resolveTypeFrom in interface TypeInformationMapper
      Parameters:
      alias - the type to load, must not be null.
      Returns:
      the type to be used for the given String representation or null if nothing found or the class cannot be loaded.

    • createAliasFor

      public Alias createAliasFor(TypeInformation<?> type)
      Turn the given type information into the String representation that shall be stored. Default implementation simply returns the fully-qualified class name.
      Specified by:
      createAliasFor in interface TypeInformationMapper
      Parameters:
      type - must not be null.
      Returns:
      the String representation to be stored or null if no type information shall be stored.

    • setBeanClassLoader

      public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader)
      Specified by:
      setBeanClassLoader in interface BeanClassLoaderAware