org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert

Interface MongoWriter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to convert to a DBObject

All Superinterfaces:

EntityWriter<T,com.mongodb.DBObject>

All Known Subinterfaces:

MongoConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMongoConverter, MappingMongoConverter

public interface MongoWriter<T>
extends EntityWriter<T,com.mongodb.DBObject>

A MongoWriter is responsible for converting an object of type T to the native MongoDB representation DBObject.

Author:

Mark Pollack, Thomas Risberg, Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertToMongoType(Object obj) Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively.
Object	convertToMongoType(Object obj, TypeInformation<?> typeInformation) Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively but retains the type information in case the given TypeInformation differs from the given object type.
com.mongodb.DBRef	toDBRef(Object object, MongoPersistentProperty referingProperty) Creates a DBRef to refer to the given object.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.data.convert.EntityWriter

write

Method Detail

convertToMongoType

Object convertToMongoType(Object obj)

Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively. If the given object can already be stored as is, no conversion will happen.

Parameters:

obj - can be null.

Returns:

convertToMongoType

Object convertToMongoType(Object obj,
                          TypeInformation<?> typeInformation)

Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively but retains the type information in case the given TypeInformation differs from the given object type.

Parameters:

obj - can be null.

typeInformation - can be null.

Returns:

toDBRef

com.mongodb.DBRef toDBRef(Object object,
                          MongoPersistentProperty referingProperty)

Creates a DBRef to refer to the given object.

Parameters:

object - the object to create a DBRef to link to. The object's type has to carry an id attribute.

referingProperty - the client-side property referring to the object which might carry additional metadata for the DBRef object to create. Can be null.

Returns:

will never be null.