AttributeTransformerAdapter (EclipseLink Core 4.0.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.AttributeTransformerAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AttributeTransformer
```
public class AttributeTransformerAdapter
extends Object
implements AttributeTransformer
```
Purpose: Provides an empty implementation of AttributeTransformer. Users who do not require the full AttributeTransformer API can subclass this class and implement only the methods required.

Since:

10

Version:

$Header: AttributeTransformerAdapter.java 11-jul-2006.10:33:44 gyorke Exp $

Author:

mmacivor

See Also:

AttributeTransformer, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AttributeTransformerAdapter()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`buildAttributeValue(DataRecord dataRecord, Object object, Session session)`
`void`	`initialize(AbstractTransformationMapping mapping)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AttributeTransformerAdapter
```
public AttributeTransformerAdapter()
```
    Default constructor.
- Method Detail
  - initialize
```
public void initialize(AbstractTransformationMapping mapping)
```
    Specified by:
    
    initialize in interface AttributeTransformer
    
    Parameters:
    
    mapping - - The mapping associated with this transformer. Only used if some special information is required.
  - buildAttributeValue
```
public Object buildAttributeValue(DataRecord dataRecord,
                                  Object object,
                                  Session session)
```
    Specified by:
    
    buildAttributeValue in interface AttributeTransformer
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataRecord - - The metadata being used to build the object.
    
    object - - The current object that the attribute is being built for.
    
    session - - the current session
    
    Returns:
    
    - The attribute value to be built into the object containing this mapping.