Package adams.data.report

Class SuffixField

java.lang.Object

adams.data.report.AbstractField

adams.data.report.Field

adams.data.report.SuffixField

All Implemented Interfaces:

CloneHandler<AbstractField>, RegularField, SuffixOnlyField, Serializable, Comparable

public class SuffixField
extends Field
implements SuffixOnlyField

A compound filed that only displays the second half of the name.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DUMMY_PREFIX	the dummy prefix.

Fields inherited from class adams.data.report.AbstractField

m_DataType, m_Name, m_Prefix, m_Suffix, SEPARATOR, SEPARATOR_DISPLAY, SEPARATOR_ESCAPED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SuffixField()	Constructor.
SuffixField(AbstractField field)	Uses the values from the given field.
SuffixField(String name, DataType dt)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTo(Object o)	Compares this object with the specified object for order.
AbstractField	newField(String name, DataType dtype)	Returns a new field.
static SuffixField	parseField(String s)	Parses the given string and returns the field.
String	toDisplayString()	Returns the suffix of the field.
String	toString()	Returns the prefix of the field.

Methods inherited from class adams.data.report.Field

isValid, main, replacePrefix, replaceSuffix

Methods inherited from class adams.data.report.AbstractField

equals, escape, fixString, getClone, getDataType, getName, getPrefix, getSuffix, hashCode, isCompound, replacePrefix, replaceSuffix, split, toParseableString, toString, unescape, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.report.SuffixOnlyField

getSuffix, isCompound

Field Detail

DUMMY_PREFIX

public static final String DUMMY_PREFIX

the dummy prefix.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SuffixField

public SuffixField()

Constructor. Sets the name to null and the type to UNKNOWN.

SuffixField

public SuffixField(AbstractField field)

Uses the values from the given field.

Parameters:

field - the field to use as basis

SuffixField

public SuffixField(String name,
                   DataType dt)

Constructor.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

dt - the type of the field

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Compares this object with the specified object for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Overrides:

compareTo in class AbstractField

Parameters:

o - the object to be compared.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this object.

toString

public String toString()

Returns the prefix of the field.

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractField

Returns:

the prefix

toDisplayString

public String toDisplayString()

Returns the suffix of the field.

Overrides:

toDisplayString in class AbstractField

Returns:

the suffix

newField

public AbstractField newField(String name,
                              DataType dtype)

Returns a new field.

Overrides:

newField in class Field

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

dtype - the data type of the field

Returns:

the new field

parseField

public static SuffixField parseField(String s)

Parses the given string and returns the field. The type of the field can be append with parentheses: name[type]. Otherwise, UNKNOWN is used as type.

Parameters:

s - the string to parse

Returns:

the parsed field