UnknownDataType.java

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package org.dbunit.dataset.datatype;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.dbunit.dataset.ITable;

import java.sql.Types;

/**
 * @author Manuel Laflamme
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class UnknownDataType extends AbstractDataType
{

    /**
     * Logger for this class
     */
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UnknownDataType.class);

    UnknownDataType()
    {
        super("UNKNOWN", Types.OTHER, Object.class, false);
    }

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // DataType class

    public Object typeCast(Object value) throws TypeCastException
    {
        logger.debug("typeCast(value={}) - start", value);

        if (value == ITable.NO_VALUE)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return value;
    }

    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) throws TypeCastException
    {
        logger.debug("compare(o1={}, o2={}) - start", o1, o2);

        // New since dbunit 2.4 for performance optimization (avoid the "asString")
        if(areObjectsEqual(o1, o2))
        {
            return 0;
        }
        
        return super.compare(asString(o1), asString(o2));
    }
}