PrimitiveType.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     Bogdan Stefanescu
 *     Florent Guillaume
 */
package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.types;

import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.schema.SchemaNames;

/**
 * Primitive type (basic types like long, string, boolean, etc.).
 */
public abstract class PrimitiveType extends AbstractType implements SimpleType {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2698475002119528248L;

    protected PrimitiveType(String name) {
        super(null, SchemaNames.BUILTIN, name);
    }

    @Override
    public abstract boolean validate(Object object);

    @Override
    public Type getSuperType() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public Type[] getTypeHierarchy() {
        return EMPTY_SUPERTYPES;
    }

    // FIXME: IType doesn't have an isPrimitive method.
    @Override
    public boolean isPrimitive() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSimpleType() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public SimpleType getPrimitiveType() {
        return this;
    }

}