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Class BTextdbRecord

java.lang.Object
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public class BTextdbRecord

extends Object

This class maintains a list of strings which equate to fields in a database record These fields can then be written to a single string which can be stored in a file see BTextdb The format is field 0:field 1:"field with a : in it":etc... see sample test class for details

Author:

John Newbigin

Requirement/analysis/design Reference:

Copyright Belongs To:

Synergy Software

See Also:

BTextdb

Constructor Summary

BTextdbRecord()

Method Summary

void	addElement(String data) Add a new element to the record
int	getCount() Return the number of elements in this record
String	getElement(int index) Get an element of the record
String	getRecord() Get the record as a string suitable for writing to file
void	setElement(int index, String data) Set the specified element to the specified string
void	setRecord(String data) Sets the data for the record

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BTextdbRecord

public BTextdbRecord()

Method Detail

getElement

public String getElement(int index)

Get an element of the record

Parameters:

index - a 0 based index into this record

Returns:

a string, containg the data in the requested field

Pre Condition:

the record data has been set

setElement

public void setElement(int index,
                       String data)

Set the specified element to the specified string

Parameters:

index - a 0 based index into this record

data - the string to set the element to

Pre Condition:

the record data has been set

Post Condition:

the element has been updated

getCount

public int getCount()

Return the number of elements in this record

Returns:

the number of elements

Pre Condition:

the record data has been set

getRecord

public String getRecord()

Get the record as a string suitable for writing to file

Returns:

a string representation of the record

Pre Condition:

the record data has been set

setRecord

public void setRecord(String data)

Sets the data for the record

Parameters:

data - a string of data read from the database file

Post Condition:

the record data is set

addElement

public void addElement(String data)

Add a new element to the record

Parameters:

data - a string of data to add

Post Condition:

the new element is added to the end of the element list