<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!-- NewPage --> <html lang="en"> <head> <!-- Generated by javadoc (version 1.7.0_75) on Fri May 13 13:32:18 PDT 2016 --> <title>Converter (Oracle - Berkeley DB Java API)</title> <meta name="date" content="2016-05-13"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../style.css" title="Style"> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- if (location.href.indexOf('is-external=true') == -1) { parent.document.title="Converter (Oracle - Berkeley DB Java API)"; } //--> </script> <noscript> <div>JavaScript is disabled on your browser.</div> </noscript> <!-- ========= START OF TOP NAVBAR ======= --> <div class="topNav"><a name="navbar_top"> <!-- --> </a><a href="#skip-navbar_top" title="Skip navigation links"></a><a name="navbar_top_firstrow"> <!-- --> </a> <ul class="navList" title="Navigation"> <li><a href="../../../../overview-summary.html">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="package-summary.html">Package</a></li> <li class="navBarCell1Rev">Class</li> <li><a href="class-use/Converter.html">Use</a></li> <li><a href="package-tree.html">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../deprecated-list.html">Deprecated</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../index-all.html">Index</a></li> <li><a href="../../../../help-doc.html">Help</a></li> </ul> <div class="aboutLanguage"><em><b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 6.1.29</font></em></div> </div> <div class="subNav"> <ul class="navList"> <li><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Conversion.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve"><span class="strong">Prev Class</span></a></li> <li><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/DeletedClassException.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve"><span class="strong">Next Class</span></a></li> </ul> <ul class="navList"> <li><a href="../../../../index.html?com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Converter.html" target="_top">Frames</a></li> <li><a href="Converter.html" target="_top">No Frames</a></li> </ul> <ul class="navList" id="allclasses_navbar_top"> <li><a href="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html">All Classes</a></li> </ul> <div> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- allClassesLink = document.getElementById("allclasses_navbar_top"); if(window==top) { allClassesLink.style.display = "block"; } else { allClassesLink.style.display = "none"; } //--> </script> </div> <div> <ul class="subNavList"> <li>Summary: </li> <li>Nested | </li> <li>Field | </li> <li><a href="#constructor_summary">Constr</a> | </li> <li><a href="#method_summary">Method</a></li> </ul> <ul class="subNavList"> <li>Detail: </li> <li>Field | </li> <li><a href="#constructor_detail">Constr</a> | </li> <li><a href="#method_detail">Method</a></li> </ul> </div> <a name="skip-navbar_top"> <!-- --> </a></div> <!-- ========= END OF TOP NAVBAR ========= --> <!-- ======== START OF CLASS DATA ======== --> <div class="header"> <div class="subTitle">com.sleepycat.persist.evolve</div> <h2 title="Class Converter" class="title">Class Converter</h2> </div> <div class="contentContainer"> <ul class="inheritance"> <li>java.lang.Object</li> <li> <ul class="inheritance"> <li><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutation.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve">com.sleepycat.persist.evolve.Mutation</a></li> <li> <ul class="inheritance"> <li>com.sleepycat.persist.evolve.Converter</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="description"> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"> <dl> <dt>All Implemented Interfaces:</dt> <dd>java.io.Serializable</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Direct Known Subclasses:</dt> <dd><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/EntityConverter.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve">EntityConverter</a></dd> </dl> <hr> <br> <pre>public class <span class="strong">Converter</span> extends <a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutation.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve">Mutation</a></pre> <div class="block">A mutation for converting an old version of an object value to conform to the current class or field definition. 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A new version number must be assigned. // @Entity(version=1) class Person { // Incompatible changes were made here... } // Add a converter mutation. // Mutations mutations = new Mutations(); mutations.addConverter(new Converter(Person.class.getName(), 0, new MyConversion())); // Configure the mutations as described <a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutations.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve"><code>here</code></a>.</pre> <p>See <a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Conversion.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.persist.evolve"><code>Conversion</code></a> for more information.</p></div> <dl><dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/package-summary.html"><code>Class Evolution</code></a>, <a href="../../../../serialized-form.html#com.sleepycat.persist.evolve.Converter">Serialized Form</a></dd></dl> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="summary"> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"> 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com.sleepycat.persist.evolve">Mutation</a></h3> <code><a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutation.html#getClassName()">getClassName</a>, <a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutation.html#getClassVersion()">getClassVersion</a>, <a href="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/Mutation.html#getFieldName()">getFieldName</a></code></li> </ul> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"><a name="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"> <!-- --> </a> <h3>Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object</h3> <code>clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait</code></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="details"> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"> <!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> <ul class="blockList"> <li class="blockList"><a name="constructor_detail"> <!-- --> </a> <h3>Constructor Detail</h3> <a name="Converter(java.lang.String, int, com.sleepycat.persist.evolve.Conversion)"> <!-- --> </a> <ul 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