net.sf.scuba.data

Class Country

java.lang.Object

net.sf.scuba.data.Country

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ISOCountry, TestCountry, UnicodeCountry

public abstract class Country
extends Object
implements Serializable

Generic country data type. See ISOCountry and TestCountry for concrete implementations.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Country()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Country	getInstance(int code) Gets a country given a country code.
static Country	getInstance(String code) Gets a country given a two or three letter code.
abstract String	getName() Gets the full name of the country.
abstract String	getNationality() Gets the adjectival form corresponding to the country.
abstract String	toAlpha2Code() Gets the two-digit country code.
abstract String	toAlpha3Code() Gets the three-digit country code.
abstract int	valueOf() Gets the numerical value (the code) of this country.
static Country[]	values() All countries.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Country

public Country()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Country getInstance(int code)

Gets a country given a country code.

Parameters:

code - an ISO 3166 code

Returns:

a country

getInstance

public static Country getInstance(String code)

Gets a country given a two or three letter code.

Parameters:

code - an alpha code

Returns:

a country

values

public static Country[] values()

All countries.

Returns:

an array containing all countries

valueOf

public abstract int valueOf()

Gets the numerical value (the code) of this country.

Returns:

the numerical value

getName

public abstract String getName()

Gets the full name of the country.

Returns:

a country name

getNationality

public abstract String getNationality()

Gets the adjectival form corresponding to the country.

Returns:

the nationality

toAlpha2Code

public abstract String toAlpha2Code()

Gets the two-digit country code.

Returns:

a two-digit country code

toAlpha3Code

public abstract String toAlpha3Code()

Gets the three-digit country code.

Returns:

a three-digit country code