package com.tesora.dve.variables;
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import java.sql.Types;
import com.tesora.dve.exceptions.PEException;
import com.tesora.dve.variables.ResultCollector.ResultCollectorFactory;
public abstract class ValueMetadata<Type> {
public abstract Type convertToInternal(String varName, String in) throws PEException;
public abstract String convertToExternal(Type in);
public abstract String toRow(Type in);
public ResultCollector getValueAsResult(Type in) throws PEException {
return ResultCollectorFactory.getInstance(Types.VARCHAR, convertToExternal(in));
}
public abstract boolean isNumeric();
public abstract String getTypeName();
}