StringRepresentableType (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType, AbstractStandardBasicType, AdaptedImmutableType, AttributeConverterTypeAdapter, BigDecimalType, BigIntegerType, BinaryType, BlobType, BooleanType, ByteType, CalendarDateType, CalendarTimeType, CalendarType, CharacterArrayClobType, CharacterArrayNClobType, CharacterArrayType, CharacterNCharType, CharacterType, CharArrayType, ClassType, ClobType, CurrencyType, CustomType, DateType, DbTimestampType, DoubleType, DurationType, FloatType, ImageType, InstantType, IntegerType, LocalDateTimeType, LocalDateType, LocaleType, LocalTimeType, LongType, MaterializedBlobType, MaterializedClobType, MaterializedNClobType, NClobType, NTextType, NumericBooleanType, OffsetDateTimeType, OffsetTimeType, PostgresUUIDType, PrimitiveCharacterArrayClobType, PrimitiveCharacterArrayNClobType, RowVersionType, SerializableToBlobType, SerializableType, ShortType, StandardBasicTypeTemplate, StringNVarcharType, StringType, TextType, TimestampType, TimeType, TimeZoneType, TrueFalseType, UrlType, UUIDBinaryType, UUIDCharType, WrappedMaterializedBlobType, WrapperBinaryType, YesNoType, ZonedDateTimeType
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public interface StringRepresentableType<T>
```
Additional, optional contract for types capable of rendering and consuming their values to/from strings.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`fromStringValue(String string)`	Consume the given string representation back into this types java form.
`String`	`toString(T value)`	Render the value to the string representation.

- Method Detail
  - toString
```
String toString(T value)
         throws HibernateException
```
    Render the value to the string representation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The value to render to string.
    
    Returns:
    
    The string representation
    
    Throws:
    
    HibernateException - Problem rendering
  - fromStringValue
```
T fromStringValue(String string)
           throws HibernateException
```
    Consume the given string representation back into this types java form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - The string representation to be consumed.
    
    Returns:
    
    The java type representation
    
    Throws:
    
    HibernateException - Problem consuming