I found the answer (just by trial and error no documentation per se).
Can you tell me if there is a easier/better way?
I created a custom type handler and used it as follows:
<resultMap id= "contacts" class ="qcom.cas.mysourcej.poc.model.Contact" >
<result property= "name" column ="contact_name" />
<result property= "primaryContact" column ="primary_contact"
typeHandler= "qcom.cas.commons.ibatis.typehandler.StringBooleanTypeHandler" />
</resultMap >
package qcom.cas.commons.ibatis.typehandler;
import java.sql.CallableStatement;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.type.TypeHandler;
public class StringBooleanTypeHandler implements TypeHandler {
public void setParameter(PreparedStatement ps, int position, Object value,
String jdbcType) throws SQLException {
Boolean bValue = (Boolean) value;
ps.setString(position, bValue.booleanValue() ? "Y" : "N");
}
public Object getResult(ResultSet rs, String name) throws SQLException {
return valueOf(rs.getString(name));
}
public Object getResult(ResultSet rs, int position) throws SQLException {
return valueOf(rs.getString(position));
}
public Object getResult(CallableStatement cs, int position)
throws SQLException {
return valueOf(cs.getString(position));
}
public Object valueOf(String value) {
if (value.equals("Y")) {
return Boolean.TRUE;
} else {
return Boolean.FALSE;
}
}
public boolean equals(Object value1, String value2) {
return valueOf(value2).equals(value1);
}
}
Can you tell me if there is a easier/better way?
From: Rick [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: How do you map a Java boolean property to a VARCHAR(1) that contains 'Y' or 'N'?
I have a SQL map as follows:
<resultMap id= "contacts" class ="qcom.cas.mysourcej.poc.model.Contact" >
<result property= "name" column ="contact_name" />
<result property= "primaryContact" column ="primary_contact" />
</resultMap >
The class Contact has a primaryContact field is boolean
The result set is from a column that is equal to 'Y' or 'N' in the database.
Is there a way to map a boolean property (primitive) to a VARCHAR(1) NOT NULL column (that has either a 'Y' or a 'N')?
This is a legacy database and there is no way I can change the table. I could change the query.
BTW I am new to iBatis, and I got it talking to a legacy db. I also setup relationships fairly easily.
I did notice the typeHandler attribute of resultMap but this is not documented in the dtd or user documents.
A custom type handler is the right way to do it. Your code looks amazingly similar to the example for this exact problem in the developer's guide :)
You could register the type handler globally so it would always handle any VARCHAR to boolean transalation. This is what's shown in the developer's guide. Specifying the type handler for a specific field in a result is fairly new - we do need to get that into the documentation. I'll get to that tomorrow (hopefully).
Jeff Butler
On 6/28/06, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- Re: How do you map a Java boolean property to a VARCHAR(1) tha... Jeff Butler
