Method Detail

• basic

  BasicType basic(String name)

  Retrieve the basic type registered against the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the basic type to retrieve

  Returns:

  The basic type, or null.

• basic

  BasicType basic(Class javaType)

  Convenience form of basic(String). The intended use of this is something like basic(Integer.class) or basic(int.class)

  Parameters:

  javaType - The java type for which to retrieve the type instance.

  Returns:

  The basic type, or null.

• heuristicType

  Type heuristicType(String name)

  Uses heuristics to deduce the proper Type given a string naming the type or Java class.

  See TypeResolver.heuristicType(java.lang.String) for a discussion of the heuristic algorithm.

  Parameters:

  name - The name of the type or Java class

  Returns:

  The deduced type, or null.

  See Also:

  TypeResolver.heuristicType(java.lang.String)

• entity

  Type entity(Class entityClass)

  Retrieve a type representing the given entity.

  Parameters:

  entityClass - The entity Java type.

  Returns:

  The type, or null

• entity

  Type entity(String entityName)

  Retrieve a type representing the given entity.

  Parameters:

  entityName - The entity name.

  Returns:

  The type, or null

• custom

  Type custom(Class userTypeClass)

  Retrieve the type for the given user-type class (UserType or CompositeUserType).

  Parameters:

  userTypeClass - The user type class

  Returns:

  The type, or null

• custom

  Type custom(Class userTypeClass,
            Properties properties)

  Retrieve the type for the given user-type class (UserType or CompositeUserType).

  Parameters:

  userTypeClass - The user type class

  properties - Configuration properties.

  Returns:

  The type, or null

• any

  Type any(Type metaType,
         Type identifierType)