Package adams.data.idupdate

Interface IDUpdater

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIDUpdater, IDHandler, PassThrough, ReportField

public interface IDUpdater
extends OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter

Ancestor for schemes that update the ID of objects.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	handles(Object obj)	Checks whether the data type is handled.
String	updateID(Object obj, String id)	Updates the ID of the object.

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

updateID

String updateID(Object obj,
                String id)

Updates the ID of the object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to process

id - the new ID

Returns:

null if successful, otherwise error message