EnhancedUserType (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

UserType

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumType
```
public interface EnhancedUserType
extends UserType
```
A custom type that may function as an identifier or discriminator type

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`fromXMLString(String xmlValue)`	Deprecated. To be removed in 5.
`String`	`objectToSQLString(Object value)`	Return an SQL literal representation of the value
`String`	`toXMLString(Object value)`	Deprecated. To be removed in 5.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.usertype.UserType
assemble, deepCopy, disassemble, equals, hashCode, isMutable, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, replace, returnedClass, sqlTypes

- Method Detail
  - objectToSQLString
```
String objectToSQLString(Object value)
```
    Return an SQL literal representation of the value
  - toXMLString
```
@Deprecated
String toXMLString(Object value)
```
    Deprecated.
    To be removed in 5. Implement StringRepresentableType.toString(Object) instead. See HHH-7776 for details
    
    Return a string representation of this value, as it should appear in an XML document
  - fromXMLString
```
@Deprecated
Object fromXMLString(String xmlValue)
```
    Deprecated.
    To be removed in 5. Implement StringRepresentableType.fromStringValue(String) instead. See HHH-7776 for details
    
    Parse a string representation of this value, as it appears in an XML document