StringMarshall.java

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package org.openrdf.repository.object.managers.converters;

import org.openrdf.model.Literal;
import org.openrdf.model.URI;
import org.openrdf.model.ValueFactory;
import org.openrdf.repository.object.managers.Marshall;

/**
 * Converts {@link String} to and from {@link Literal}.
 * 
 * @author James Leigh
 *
 */
public class StringMarshall implements Marshall<Object> {
	private ValueFactory vf;
	private String className;
	private URI datatype;

	public StringMarshall(ValueFactory vf) {
		this(vf, String.class.getName());
	}

	public StringMarshall(ValueFactory vf, String className) {
		this.vf = vf;
		this.className = className;
	}

	public StringMarshall(ValueFactory vf, String className, URI datatype) {
		this(vf, className);
		this.datatype = datatype;
	}

	public String getJavaClassName() {
		return className;
	}

	public URI getDatatype() {
		return datatype;
	}

	public void setDatatype(URI datatype) {
		this.datatype = datatype;
	}

	public Object deserialize(Literal literal) {
		return literal.getLabel();
	}

	public Literal serialize(Object object) {
		return vf.createLiteral(object.toString());
	}

}