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15: package com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.primitivetranslation;
16:
17: import com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.DataType;
18: import com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.DataTypeInstanceCreationFailureException;
19: import com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.DataTypeInvalidOperationForConcealedInstanceException;
20: import com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.DataTypeInvalidOperationForEmptyInstanceException;
21: import com.metaboss.enterprise.datatypes.DataTypeTranslationMetadata;
22:
23: /**
24: * The interface for convertor to and from Primitive Boolean Array type.
25: * It is returned from <A HREF="../DataTypeTranslationMetadata.html#getPrimitiveTranslator()">getPrimitiveTranslator()</A>
26: * method if and only if DataType's PrimitiveType is <A HREF="../DataTypeTranslationMetadata.html#PRIMITIVE_BOOLEANARRAY">PRIMITIVE_BOOLEANARRAY</A>
27: */
28: public interface PrimitiveBooleanArrayTranslator extends
29: DataTypeTranslationMetadata.PrimitiveTranslator {
30: /** Returns Primitive type extracted from DataType
31: * @exception ClassCastException thrown if actual type of passed DataType is not what was expected
32: * @exception DataTypeInvalidOperationForEmptyInstanceException thrown if an empty instance of the DataType was passed
33: * @exception DataTypeInvalidOperationForConcealedInstanceException thrown if concealed instance of the DataType was passed */
34: public boolean[] getPrimitiveValue(DataType pDataTypeInstance)
35: throws ClassCastException,
36: DataTypeInvalidOperationForEmptyInstanceException,
37: DataTypeInvalidOperationForConcealedInstanceException;
38:
39: /** Returns an instance of the DataType created from given Primitive value
40: * @exception DataTypeInstanceCreationFailureException thrown in case if error has occurred (e.g. unexpected content of the PrimitiveValue) during conversion */
41: public DataType createFromPrimitiveValue(boolean[] pPrimitiveValue)
42: throws DataTypeInstanceCreationFailureException;
43: }
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