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package org.hibernate.type;

import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.StringTypeDescriptor;
import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.VarcharTypeDescriptor;

/**
 * A type that maps between {@link java.sql.Types#VARCHAR VARCHAR} and {@link String}
 *
 * @author Gavin King
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public class StringType
		extends AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType<String>
		implements DiscriminatorType<String> {

	public static final StringType INSTANCE = new StringType();

	public StringType() {
		super( VarcharTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE, StringTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE );
	}

	public String getName() {
		return "string";
	}

	@Override
	protected boolean registerUnderJavaType() {
		return true;
	}

	public String objectToSQLString(String value, Dialect dialect) throws Exception {
		return '\'' + value + '\'';
	}

	public String stringToObject(String xml) throws Exception {
		return xml;
	}

	public String toString(String value) {
		return value;
	}
}
