Package de.aristaflow.adept2.model.datamanagement

Interface UDTValue

  • All Superinterfaces:
    Serializable
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    ADEPT2UDTValue, FileUDTValue, JsonUdtValue
    public interface UDTValue
extends Serializable
    This interface encapsulates the value of a user-defined data type (UDT). A UDT is not understood by ADEPT2. Instead, the application reading or writing a UDTValue needs to understand it. Besides, user-defined functions (UDFs) can be registered, that are able to interpret the data type and return data types understood by ADEPT2.

    Since UDTs are treated as black boxes, they are provided by InputStreams. This resembles BLOBs in database-management-systems.

    To avoid serialisation problems do not implement this interface! Use ADEPT2UDTValue instead!

    Author:
    Ulrich Kreher
    See Also:
    Blob

    • Field Detail

      • serialVersionUID

        static final long serialVersionUID
        Generated ID for serialisation.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    • Method Detail

      • getUserDefinedType

        String getUserDefinedType()
        Gets the name (a string) of the user-defined type of this value.
        Returns:
        The name of the user-defined data type of this value.

      • getValueAsStream

        InputStream getValueAsStream()
        Gets the value as an InputStream of this user-defined data type.
        Returns:
        The value of a (this) user-defined data type as an InputStream.

      • getValueAsArray

        byte[] getValueAsArray()
        Gets the value as a byte array of this user-defined data type.
        Returns:
        The value of a (this) user-defined data type as an array of bytes.