org.xBaseJ.fields
Class CharField

java.lang.Object
  org.xBaseJ.fields.Field
      org.xBaseJ.fields.CharField

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable, Cloneable

public class CharField
extends Field

This class is courtesy of the xBaseJ project: http://xbasej.sourceforge.net/ Copyright 1997-2007 - American Coders, LTD - Raleigh NC USA

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Author:

Joe McVerry, American Coders Ltd.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.xBaseJ.fields.Field

buffer, bytebuffer, deleted, myoffset, name, nength, otherValidCharacters

Constructor Summary

CharField()

CharField(String iName, int iLength)
public method for creating a CharacterField object.

CharField(String iName, int iLength, ByteBuffer inBuffer)

Method Summary

Object	clone()
char	getType() return the character 'C' indicating a character Field

Methods inherited from class org.xBaseJ.fields.Field

get, getBytes, getDecimalPositionCount, getLength, getName, put, put, read, readExternal, setBuffer, setBufferSpace, setField, update, write, writeExternal

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CharField

public CharField()

CharField

public CharField(String iName,
                 int iLength,
                 ByteBuffer inBuffer)
          throws xBaseJException,
                 IOException

Throws:

xBaseJException

IOException

CharField

public CharField(String iName,
                 int iLength)
          throws xBaseJException,
                 IOException

public method for creating a CharacterField object. It is not associated with a database but can be when used with some DBF methods.

Parameters:

iName - the name of the field

iLength - length of Field, range 1 to 254 bytes

Throws:

xBaseJException - invalid length

IOException - can not occur but defined for calling methods

See Also:

Field

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Overrides:

clone in class Field

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

getType

public char getType()

return the character 'C' indicating a character Field

Specified by:

getType in class Field

Returns:

char field type