tauzaman.property
Class FieldInfo

java.lang.Object
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  +--tauzaman.property.FieldInfo

public class FieldInfo

extends java.lang.Object

FieldInfo class keeps the content of an XML element, called fieldInfo, in a Property specification file.

fieldInfo element contains attributes that store a Field Name, a Format Variable Name and a Field Value Table|Function name.

XML Representation of Properties

See Also:

Property, Field, Fields

Status:

design complete, implementation complete

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	name Name of the Field.
private java.net.URL	using URL of the Field Value service (name of the table or function) to be used.
private java.lang.String	variable Variable name that is stored in format string.

Constructor Summary

FieldInfo(org.w3c.dom.Element root, java.util.Hashtable fvMapper, java.net.URL url)
Constructs a FieldInfo object, from given DOM node parsed from Property Specification file.

Method Summary

private void	formFieldInfo(org.w3c.dom.Element root, java.util.Hashtable fvMapper, java.net.URL url) Initializes this FieldInfo from DOM Node, which points to a fieldInfo element in the Property Specification file.
java.lang.String	getFieldInfoName() Returns the Field Name of this FieldInfo
java.net.URL	getFVSUrl() Returns the URL of the FVS service table|function.
java.lang.String	getVariableName() Returns the name of the variable
java.lang.String	toString() toString method

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

variable

private java.lang.String variable

Variable name that is stored in format string.

name

private java.lang.String name

Name of the Field.

using

private java.net.URL using

URL of the Field Value service (name of the table or function) to be used.

Constructor Detail

FieldInfo

public FieldInfo(org.w3c.dom.Element root,
                 java.util.Hashtable fvMapper,
                 java.net.URL url)
          throws PropertyFormationException

Constructs a FieldInfo object, from given DOM node parsed from Property Specification file.

Parameters:

root - DOM Element

fvMapper - A Hashtable, which maps field value support labels to their urls. This information is passed by PropertyRepository since this information resides in Property specification file (as helper) rather than in individual Properties.

url - URL of Property Specification file this ImportFormat is gotten

Throws:

PropertyFormationException - if any problem occurs when parsing the property specification file

Method Detail

formFieldInfo

private void formFieldInfo(org.w3c.dom.Element root,
                           java.util.Hashtable fvMapper,
                           java.net.URL url)
                    throws PropertyFormationException

Initializes this FieldInfo from DOM Node, which points to a fieldInfo element in the Property Specification file.

Parameters:

root - DOM Element

fvMapper - A Hashtable, which maps field value support labels to their urls. This information is passed by PropertyRepository since this information resides in Property specification file (as helper) rather than in individual Properties.

url - URL of Property Specification file this ImportFormat is gotten

Throws:

PropertyFormationException - if any problem occurs when parsing the property specification file

getVariableName

public java.lang.String getVariableName()

Returns the name of the variable

Returns:

name of the field varible

getFieldInfoName

public java.lang.String getFieldInfoName()

Returns the Field Name of this FieldInfo

Returns:

name of the Field

See Also:

Field

getFVSUrl

public java.net.URL getFVSUrl()

Returns the URL of the FVS service table|function.

Returns:

URL url of the table/function that this FieldInfo will use

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString method

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of this object