Support data type adapters

This allows custom types to be (de)serialized into a standard JDBC type or
to support db-specific data types, like the Postgres json and xml types.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/site/jaqu_comparison.mkd b/src/site/jaqu_comparison.mkd
index b37addb..3a00e6d 100644
--- a/src/site/jaqu_comparison.mkd
+++ b/src/site/jaqu_comparison.mkd
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ This is an overview of the fundamental differences between the original JaQu pro
 <tr><td>DECIMAL(length,scale)</td><td>can specify length/precision and scale</td><td>--</td></tr>

 <tr><td>BOOLEAN</td><td>flexible mapping of boolean as bool, varchar, or int</td><td>--</td></tr>

 <tr><td>BLOB</td><td>partially supported <em>(can not be used in a WHERE clause)</em></td><td>--</td></tr>

+<tr><td>Custom</td><td>partially supported <em>uses custom-defined data type adapter (can not be used in a WHERE clause)</em></td><td>--</td></tr>

 <tr><td>UUID</td><td>fully supported <em>(H2 only)</em> </td><td>--</td></tr>

 <tr><th colspan="3">configuration</th></tr>

 <tr><td>DEFAULT values</td><td>set from annotation, <em>default object values</em>, or Define.defaultValue()</td><td>set from annotations</td></tr>

diff --git a/src/site/model_classes.mkd b/src/site/model_classes.mkd
index cb21dcd..747c094 100644
--- a/src/site/model_classes.mkd
+++ b/src/site/model_classes.mkd
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ can be used for all iciql expressions
 can not be directly referenced in an expression</td></tr>

 <tr><td>byte []</td> <td></td>

 <td>BLOB</td><tr/>

+<tr><td>Custom</td> <td>create a DataTypeAdapter&lt;Custom&gt;</td>

+<td>Custom</td><tr/>

 

 <tr><td colspan="3"><b>H2 Database Types</b><br/>

 fully supported when paired with an H2 database 

@@ -180,6 +182,9 @@ public class Product {
 	

 	@IQColumn

 	private Availability availability;

+    

+    @IQColumn(typeAdapter = MyCustomClassAdapter.class)

+    private MyCustomClass;

 	

 	// ignored because it is not annotated AND the class is @IQTable annotated

 	private Integer ignoredField;