org.apache.jackrabbit.spi
Interface QValue

public interface QValue

QValue is the qualified SPI representation of a jcr value. It therefore refers to Names and Paths only and is thus isolated from session-specific namespace mappings.

Field Summary

static QValue[]

EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

void	discard() Frees temporarily allocated resources such as temporary file, buffer, etc.
boolean	getBoolean() Returns a boolean representation of this value.
java.util.Calendar	getCalendar() Returns a Calendar representation of this value.
double	getDouble() Returns a double representation of this value.
long	getLength() Returns the length of the internal value. NOTE: for PropertyType.NAME and PropertyType.PATH the length of the internal value must not be used for indicating the length of a property such as retrieved by calling Property.getLength() and Property.getLengths().
long	getLong() Returns a long representation of this value.
Name	getName() Returns a Name representation of this value.
Path	getPath() Returns a Path representation of this value.
java.io.InputStream	getStream() Returns a InputStream representation of this QValue object.
java.lang.String	getString() Returns a String representation of this QValue object.
int	getType() Returns the PropertyType of this QValue object.

Field Detail

EMPTY_ARRAY

static final QValue[] EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Detail

getType

int getType()

Returns the PropertyType of this QValue object. It may be either of the value property types defined by the JSR 170:

• PropertyType.BINARY
• PropertyType.BOOLEAN
• PropertyType.DATE
• PropertyType.DOUBLE
• PropertyType.LONG
• PropertyType.NAME
• PropertyType.PATH
• PropertyType.REFERENCE
• PropertyType.STRING

Returns:

the PropertyType of this QValue object.

getLength

long getLength()
               throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns the length of the internal value.
NOTE: for PropertyType.NAME and PropertyType.PATH the length of the internal value must not be used for indicating the length of a property such as retrieved by calling Property.getLength() and Property.getLengths().

Returns:

length of this QValue object.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException

getString

java.lang.String getString()
                           throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a String representation of this QValue object.

Returns:

A String representation of this QValue object.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException

getStream

java.io.InputStream getStream()
                              throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a InputStream representation of this QValue object.

Returns:

A stream representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException

getCalendar

java.util.Calendar getCalendar()
                               throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a Calendar representation of this value.

Returns:

A Calendar representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getDouble

double getDouble()
                 throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a double representation of this value.

Returns:

A double representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getLong

long getLong()
             throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a long representation of this value.

Returns:

A long representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getBoolean

boolean getBoolean()
                   throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a boolean representation of this value.

Returns:

A boolean representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getName

Name getName()
             throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a Name representation of this value.

Returns:

A Name representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

getPath

Path getPath()
             throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a Path representation of this value.

Returns:

A Path representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if an error occurs.

discard

void discard()

Frees temporarily allocated resources such as temporary file, buffer, etc.