Key2StringMapper (Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.9 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

MarshallingTwoWayKey2StringMapper, TwoWayKey2StringMapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTwoWayKey2StringMapper, LuceneKey2StringMapper, WrappedByteArrayOrPrimitiveMapper
```
public interface Key2StringMapper
```
Defines the logic of mapping a key object to a String. This is required by certain cache stores, in order to map each key to a String which the underlying store is capable of handling. It should generate a unique String based on the supplied key.

Author:

Mircea.Markus@jboss.com, Manik Surtani

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getStringMapping(Object key)`	Must return an unique String for the supplied key.
`boolean`	`isSupportedType(Class<?> keyType)`	Do we support this key type?

- Method Detail
  - isSupportedType
```
boolean isSupportedType(Class<?> keyType)
```
    Do we support this key type?
    
    Parameters:
    
    keyType - type to test
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the type is supported, false otherwise.
  - getStringMapping
```
String getStringMapping(Object key)
```
    Must return an unique String for the supplied key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - key to map to a String
    
    Returns:
    
    String representation of the key