/*
 * Copyright 2006 Open Source Applications Foundation
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.unitedinternet.cosmo.hibernate;

import java.util.Date;

import org.hibernate.type.AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType;
import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.BigIntTypeDescriptor;

/**
 * Custom Hibernate type that maps a java.util.Date
 * to a SQL BIGINT column, storing the number of 
 * milliseconds that have passed since Jan 1, 1970 GMT.
 *
 */
public class LongTimestampType extends AbstractSingleColumnStandardBasicType<Date>  {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public LongTimestampType() {
        super(BigIntTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE, CosmoTimestampTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE);
    } 

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

}
