PrefixOnlyField (adams-pom 24.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

PrefixField
```
public interface PrefixOnlyField
extends Comparable
```
Interface for fields that only have a prefix.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getPrefix()`	Returns the prefix for compound fields.
`boolean`	`isCompound()`	Checks whether the name is a compound one.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - isCompound
```
boolean isCompound()
```
    Checks whether the name is a compound one.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if name is a compound one
  - getPrefix
```
String getPrefix()
```
    Returns the prefix for compound fields.
    
    Returns:
    
    the prefix, null if not compound field