org.ikasan.framework.component.transformation.flatfile.reader.field
Class BaseFieldDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.ikasan.framework.component.transformation.flatfile.reader.field.BaseFieldDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

FixedLengthFieldDefinition

public class BaseFieldDefinition
extends Object

Base class for flat file field definitions

Author:

Ikasan Development Team

Field Summary

protected String	fieldName Our name for the field
protected boolean	optionalField This field may not actually exist, ie if there is no more content, neither this field nor any subsequent field will be evaluated
protected boolean	skipIfEmpty This field can be skipped in output if its value is empty

Constructor Summary

BaseFieldDefinition(String fieldName)
Constructor

Method Summary

String	getFieldName() Accessor for fieldName
boolean	isOptionalField() Accessor for optionalField
boolean	isSkipIfEmpty() Accessor for skipIfEmpty
void	setOptionalField(boolean optionalField) Setter method for optionalField
void	setSkipIfEmpty(boolean skipIfEmpty) Setter for skipIfEmpty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fieldName

protected String fieldName

Our name for the field

skipIfEmpty

protected boolean skipIfEmpty

This field can be skipped in output if its value is empty

optionalField

protected boolean optionalField

This field may not actually exist, ie if there is no more content, neither this field nor any subsequent field will be evaluated

Constructor Detail

BaseFieldDefinition

public BaseFieldDefinition(String fieldName)

Constructor

Parameters:

fieldName - - The name of the field

Method Detail

setOptionalField

public void setOptionalField(boolean optionalField)

Setter method for optionalField

Parameters:

optionalField - the optional flag to set

isOptionalField

public boolean isOptionalField()

Accessor for optionalField

Returns:

true if it is allowable that the previous field was the last one

isSkipIfEmpty

public boolean isSkipIfEmpty()

Accessor for skipIfEmpty

Returns:

skipIfEmpty

setSkipIfEmpty

public void setSkipIfEmpty(boolean skipIfEmpty)

Setter for skipIfEmpty

Parameters:

skipIfEmpty - - The flag to set

getFieldName

public String getFieldName()

Accessor for fieldName

Returns:

fieldName