/** * Copyright (c) 2009 - 2012 Red Hat, Inc. * * This software is licensed to you under the GNU General Public License, * version 2 (GPLv2). There is NO WARRANTY for this software, express or * implied, including the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You should have received a copy of GPLv2 * along with this software; if not, see * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. * * Red Hat trademarks are not licensed under GPLv2. No permission is * granted to use or replicate Red Hat trademarks that are incorporated * in this software or its documentation. */ package org.candlepin.hibernate; import org.hibernate.EmptyInterceptor; import org.hibernate.type.StringType; import org.hibernate.type.Type; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import java.io.Serializable; /** * This interceptor changes empty strings to null before they are written to the * database. This change is necessary because Oracle treats the empty string * as null and we want to mimic the same behavior on PostgreSQL. */ public class EmptyStringInterceptor extends EmptyInterceptor { private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EmptyStringInterceptor.class); @Override public boolean onFlushDirty(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] currentState, Object[] previousState, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) { return convertEmptyStringToNull(currentState, propertyNames, types); } @Override public boolean onSave(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) { return convertEmptyStringToNull(state, propertyNames, types); } private boolean convertEmptyStringToNull(Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) { boolean modified = false; for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++) { if (types[i] instanceof StringType && "".equals(state[i])) { log.debug("Attempting to write an empty string to the database" + " for " + propertyNames[i] + ". Substituting null instead."); state[i] = null; modified = true; } } return modified; } }