CoreConverter (EclipseLink 3.0.3, API Reference)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Converter, XMLConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassInstanceConverter, ConverterClass, EnumTypeConverter, InstanceClassConverter, JAXBEnumTypeConverter, JAXBTypesafeEnumConverter, ObjectTypeConverter, SerializedObjectConverter, TypeConversionConverter, TypeStringConverter, XMLConverterAdapter, XMLListConverter, XMLRootConverter
```
public interface CoreConverter<MAPPING extends CoreMapping,SESSION extends CoreSession>
```
INTERNAL A abstraction of converter capturing behavior common to all persistence types.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`convertDataValueToObjectValue(Object dataValue, SESSION session)`	PUBLIC: Convert the databases' data representation of the value to the object's representation.
`Object`	`convertObjectValueToDataValue(Object objectValue, SESSION session)`	PUBLIC: Convert the object's representation of the value to the databases' data representation.
`void`	`initialize(MAPPING mapping, SESSION session)`	PUBLIC: Allow for any initialization.

- Method Detail
  - convertObjectValueToDataValue
```
Object convertObjectValueToDataValue(Object objectValue,
                                     SESSION session)
```
    PUBLIC: Convert the object's representation of the value to the databases' data representation. For example this could convert between a Calendar Java type and the sql.Time datatype.
  - convertDataValueToObjectValue
```
Object convertDataValueToObjectValue(Object dataValue,
                                     SESSION session)
```
    PUBLIC: Convert the databases' data representation of the value to the object's representation. For example this could convert between an sql.Time datatype and the Java Calendar type.
  - initialize
```
void initialize(MAPPING mapping,
                SESSION session)
```
    PUBLIC: Allow for any initialization.