/*- * See the file LICENSE for redistribution information. * * Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Oracle. All rights reserved. * * $Id$ */ package com.sleepycat.persist.evolve; import java.lang.reflect.Method; /** * A mutation for converting an old version of an object value to conform to * the current class or field definition. For example: * *
 *  package my.package;
 *
 *  // The old class.  Version 0 is implied.
 *  //
 *  {@literal @Entity}
 *  class Person {
 *      // ...
 *  }
 *
 *  // The new class.  A new version number must be assigned.
 *  //
 *  {@literal @Entity(version=1)}
 *  class Person {
 *      // Incompatible changes were made here...
 *  }
 *
 *  // Add a converter mutation.
 *  //
 *  Mutations mutations = new Mutations();
 *
 *  mutations.addConverter(new Converter(Person.class.getName(), 0,
 *                                       new MyConversion()));
 *
 *  // Configure the mutations as described {@link Mutations here}.
* *

See {@link Conversion} for more information.

* * @see com.sleepycat.persist.evolve Class Evolution * @author Mark Hayes */ public class Converter extends Mutation { private static final long serialVersionUID = 4558176842096181863L; private Conversion conversion; /** * Creates a mutation for converting all instances of the given class * version to the current version of the class. */ public Converter(String className, int classVersion, Conversion conversion) { this(className, classVersion, null, conversion); } /** * Creates a mutation for converting all values of the given field in the * given class version to a type compatible with the current declared type * of the field. */ public Converter(String declaringClassName, int declaringClassVersion, String fieldName, Conversion conversion) { super(declaringClassName, declaringClassVersion, fieldName); this.conversion = conversion; /* Require explicit implementation of the equals method. */ Class cls = conversion.getClass(); try { Method m = cls.getMethod("equals", Object.class); if (m.getDeclaringClass() == Object.class) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ("Conversion class does not implement the equals method " + "explicitly (Object.equals is not sufficient): " + cls.getName()); } } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { throw new IllegalStateException(e); } } /** * Returns the converter instance specified to the constructor. */ public Conversion getConversion() { return conversion; } /** * Returns true if the conversion objects are equal in this object and * given object, and if the {@link Mutation#equals} superclass method * returns true. */ @Override public boolean equals(Object other) { if (other instanceof Converter) { Converter o = (Converter) other; return conversion.equals(o.conversion) && super.equals(other); } else { return false; } } @Override public int hashCode() { return conversion.hashCode() + super.hashCode(); } @Override public String toString() { return "[Converter " + super.toString() + " Conversion: " + conversion + ']'; } }