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Interface ValueHandler</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/AbstractValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">AbstractValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/BlobValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">BlobValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/ByteArrayValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">ByteArrayValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/CharArrayStreamValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">CharArrayStreamValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/CharArrayValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">CharArrayValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/ClobValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">ClobValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/EmbedValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">EmbedValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/EnumValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">EnumValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/ImmutableValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">ImmutableValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/ObjectIdValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">ObjectIdValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/UntypedPCValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">UntypedPCValueHandler</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/XMLValueHandler.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats">XMLValueHandler</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>ValueHandler</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</A></DL>
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Maps a value to a relational schema. Value handler are stateless.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>0.4.0</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Abe White</DD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#getResultArgument(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)">getResultArgument</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the argument to pass to the result set when loading data
via <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/Result.html#getObject(java.lang.Object, int, java.lang.Object)"><CODE>Result.getObject(java.lang.Object, int, java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>, or null if none.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#isVersionable(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)">isVersionable</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return whether the values managed by this handler can be used in
state image versioning.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema">Column</A>[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#map(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping, java.lang.String, org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.ColumnIO, boolean)">map</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
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<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/ColumnIO.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema">ColumnIO</A>&nbsp;io,
boolean&nbsp;adapt)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Map the given value and return all mapped columns, or simply return an
array of unmapped default columns.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#objectValueRequiresLoad(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)">objectValueRequiresLoad</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return whether this handler potentially must load extra data to extract
the object value from its datastore representation.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#toDataStoreValue(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping, java.lang.Object, org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel.JDBCStore)">toDataStoreValue</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Translate the given value to its datastore equivalent.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Translate the given datastore value into its Java equivalent.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Translate the given datastore value into its Java equivalent.</TD>
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<A NAME="map(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping, java.lang.String, org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.ColumnIO, boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
map</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema">Column</A>[] <B>map</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;name,
<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/ColumnIO.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema">ColumnIO</A>&nbsp;io,
boolean&nbsp;adapt)</PRE>
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<DD>Map the given value and return all mapped columns, or simply return an
array of unmapped default columns. The columns should have at least
their <code>Name</code> and <code>JavaType</code> properties set.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - use as a base to form column name(s); the column names
of unmapped columns will automatically be made to fit
database limitations<DD><CODE>io</CODE> - I/O information about mapped columns; you do not
have to set this information if returning templates<DD><CODE>adapt</CODE> - whether to adapt the mapping or schema</DL>
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isVersionable</H3>
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boolean <B>isVersionable</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</PRE>
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<DD>Return whether the values managed by this handler can be used in
state image versioning.
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objectValueRequiresLoad</H3>
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boolean <B>objectValueRequiresLoad</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</PRE>
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<DD>Return whether this handler potentially must load extra data to extract
the object value from its datastore representation.
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<A NAME="getResultArgument(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getResultArgument</H3>
<PRE>
<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>getResultArgument</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm)</PRE>
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<DD>Return the argument to pass to the result set when loading data
via <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/Result.html#getObject(java.lang.Object, int, java.lang.Object)"><CODE>Result.getObject(java.lang.Object, int, java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>, or null if none. If this value
occupies multiple columns, return an array with one element per
column. You may return null if all array elements would be null.
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toDataStoreValue</H3>
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<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>toDataStoreValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
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<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/JDBCStore.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel">JDBCStore</A>&nbsp;store)</PRE>
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<DD>Translate the given value to its datastore equivalent. If this value
occupies multiple columns, return an object array with one element
per column. For relation id columns, return the state manager
the column depends on.
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<A NAME="toObjectValue(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toObjectValue</H3>
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<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>toObjectValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
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<DD>Translate the given datastore value into its Java equivalent. If
the value occupies multiple columns, the given object will be an object
array with one entry per column. This method is only called if
<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#objectValueRequiresLoad(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)"><CODE>objectValueRequiresLoad(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)</CODE></A> returns false.
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toObjectValue</H3>
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<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>toObjectValue</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueMapping.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta">ValueMapping</A>&nbsp;vm,
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<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/JDBCFetchConfiguration.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel">JDBCFetchConfiguration</A>&nbsp;fetch)
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/sql/SQLException.html" title="class or interface in java.sql">SQLException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Translate the given datastore value into its Java equivalent. If
the value occupies multiple columns, the given object will be an object
array with one entry per column. This method is only called if
<A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ValueHandler.html#objectValueRequiresLoad(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)"><CODE>objectValueRequiresLoad(org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping)</CODE></A> returns true.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>sm</CODE> - the state manager that owns the value; may be null if
loading a projection
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/sql/SQLException.html" title="class or interface in java.sql">SQLException</A></CODE></DL>
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