PathConverter (irida 22.09 API)

java.lang.Object
- ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.model.PathConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.persistence.AttributeConverter<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String>
```
public class PathConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements javax.persistence.AttributeConverter<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String>
```
Converts a Path to a String before persisting a value to a column in a database. Allows us to store a the absolute path to a file instead of trying to store the file in the relational database.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PathConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`convertToDatabaseColumn(java.nio.file.Path attribute)`
`java.nio.file.Path`	`convertToEntityAttribute(java.lang.String dbData)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PathConverter
```
public PathConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - convertToDatabaseColumn
```
public java.lang.String convertToDatabaseColumn(java.nio.file.Path attribute)
```
    Specified by:
    
    convertToDatabaseColumn in interface javax.persistence.AttributeConverter<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String>
  - convertToEntityAttribute
```
public java.nio.file.Path convertToEntityAttribute(java.lang.String dbData)
```
    Specified by:
    
    convertToEntityAttribute in interface javax.persistence.AttributeConverter<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String>