info.freelibrary.marc4j.impl

Class VariableFieldImpl

java.lang.Object

info.freelibrary.marc4j.impl.VariableFieldImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<VariableField>, VariableField

Direct Known Subclasses:

ControlFieldImpl, DataFieldImpl

public abstract class VariableFieldImpl
extends Object
implements VariableField

Represents a variable field in a MARC record.

Author:

Bas Peters, Kevin S. Clarke

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VariableFieldImpl()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(VariableField aObject) Compare's this VariableField to the supplied one.
Long	getId() Return the field's ID.
String	getTag() Returns this field's tag.
void	setId(Long aID) Sets an ID.
void	setTag(String aTag) Sets this field's tag.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this variable field.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.marc4j.marc.VariableField

find

Constructor Detail

VariableFieldImpl

public VariableFieldImpl()

Method Detail

setTag

public void setTag(String aTag)

Sets this field's tag.

Specified by:

setTag in interface VariableField

Parameters:

aTag - This field's tag

getTag

public String getTag()

Returns this field's tag.

Specified by:

getTag in interface VariableField

Returns:

This field's tag

compareTo

public int compareTo(VariableField aObject)

Compare's this VariableField to the supplied one.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<VariableField>

Parameters:

aObject - A VariableField to compare to this one

Returns:

0 for a match, -1 if this one sorts first, or 1 if it sorts last

setId

public void setId(Long aID)

Sets an ID.

Specified by:

setId in interface VariableField

Parameters:

aID - A unique ID for this field

getId

public Long getId()

Return the field's ID.

Specified by:

getId in interface VariableField

Returns:

The field's unique ID

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this variable field.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string representation of this variable field