Package adams.data.idextraction

Interface IDExtractor

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIDExtractor, Manual, Null, ReportField, ReportFieldRegExp, SpreadSheetCell

public interface IDExtractor
extends OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter

Ancestor for schemes that extract the ID from objects.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	extractID(Object obj)	Extracts the ID from the object.
boolean	handles(Object obj)	Checks whether the data type is handled.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable

destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.QuickInfoSupporter

getQuickInfo

Method Detail

handles

boolean handles(Object obj)

Checks whether the data type is handled.

Parameters:

obj - the object to check

Returns:

true if handled

extractID

String extractID(Object obj)

Extracts the ID from the object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to process

Returns:

the extracted group