org.mmbase.bridge.implementation
Class BasicField

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Field

public class BasicField

extends java.lang.Object

implements Field

Author:

Pierre van Rooden

Fields inherited from interface org.mmbase.bridge.Field

STATE_PERSISTENT, STATE_SYSTEM, STATE_UNKNOWN, STATE_VIRTUAL, TYPE_BYTE, TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_FLOAT, TYPE_INTEGER, TYPE_LONG, TYPE_STRING, TYPE_UNKNOWN

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares two fields, and returns true if they are equal.
java.lang.String	getGUIName() Returns the GUI name for this field.
java.lang.String	getGUIType() Returns the GUI name for the data type this field contains.
int	getMaxLength() Returns the maximum length of data this field can contain.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this field.
NodeManager	getNodeManager() Returns the node manager this field belongs to.
int	getState() Returns this field's state identifier.
int	getType() Returns the identifier for the data type this field contains.
int	hashCode() Returns the object's hashCode.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getNodeManager

public NodeManager getNodeManager()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the node manager this field belongs to.

Specified by:

getNodeManager in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

the node manager this field belongs to

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the name of this field.

Specified by:

getName in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

the name of this field

getGUIType

public java.lang.String getGUIType()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the GUI name for the data type this field contains.

Specified by:

getGUIType in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

the GUI name for the data type this field contains

getGUIName

public java.lang.String getGUIName()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the GUI name for this field.

Specified by:

getGUIName in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

the GUI name for this field

getType

public int getType()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the identifier for the data type this field contains.

Specified by:

getType in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

an int wich identifies the type of data this field contains

getState

public int getState()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns this field's state identifier.

Specified by:

getState in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

an int wich identifies the state of this field

getMaxLength

public int getMaxLength()

Description copied from interface: Field

Returns the maximum length of data this field can contain. For example if a field contains characters the size indicates the maximum number of characters it can contain. If the field is a numeric field (such as an integer), the result is -1.

Specified by:

getMaxLength in interface Field

Following copied from interface: org.mmbase.bridge.Field

Returns:

the maximum length of data this field can contain

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares two fields, and returns true if they are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - the object to compare it with

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the object's hashCode. This effectively returns the objectnode's number

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object