org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.variable

Interface VariableType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanType, ByteArrayType, CustomObjectType, DateType, DoubleType, IntegerType, JPAEntityVariableType, LongType, NullType, SerializableType, ShortType, StringType

public interface VariableType

Author:

Tom Baeyens, roman.smirnov

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getTypeName() name of variable type (limited to 100 characters length)
String	getTypeNameForValue(Object value) Returns the type name (i.e.
Object	getValue(ValueFields valueFields)
boolean	isAbleToStore(Object value)
boolean	isCachable()
void	setValue(Object value, ValueFields valueFields)

Method Detail

getTypeName

String getTypeName()

name of variable type (limited to 100 characters length)

getTypeNameForValue

String getTypeNameForValue(Object value)

Returns the type name (i.e. the simple class name) of the passed value.

Note:For a serializable value only the type name "Serializable" will currently be returned and not the simple class name of the passed value.

isCachable

boolean isCachable()

isAbleToStore

boolean isAbleToStore(Object value)

setValue

void setValue(Object value,
            ValueFields valueFields)

getValue

Object getValue(ValueFields valueFields)