nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib
Class StringValue

java.lang.Object
  nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib.Value
      nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib.StringValue

public class StringValue
extends Value

Represents a string value in a record (a CHARACTER or MEMO type field value).

Author:

Jan van Mansum

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib.Value

typed

Constructor Summary

StringValue(String stringValue)
Creates a new string value that uses the platform's default character set.

StringValue(String stringValue, String charsetName)
Creates a new StringValue object.

Method Summary

protected byte[]	doGetRawValue(Field field) Converts the typed value to a byte array, according to the field specifications provided.
protected Object	doGetTypedValue(byte[] rawValue) Converts the raw bytes to a Java object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringValue

public StringValue(String stringValue,
                   String charsetName)

Creates a new StringValue object.

Parameters:

stringValue - aString

charsetName - the character set to use when encoding and decoding this string value

StringValue

public StringValue(String stringValue)

Creates a new string value that uses the platform's default character set.

Parameters:

stringValue -

Method Detail

doGetTypedValue

protected Object doGetTypedValue(byte[] rawValue)

Description copied from class: Value

Converts the raw bytes to a Java object. The class of Java object to create is determined by the subclass of Value.

Specified by:

doGetTypedValue in class Value

Returns:

the value as a Java object

doGetRawValue

protected byte[] doGetRawValue(Field field)
                        throws ValueTooLargeException

Description copied from class: Value

Converts the typed value to a byte array, according to the field specifications provided.

Specified by:

doGetRawValue in class Value

Parameters:

field - the field specifications

Returns:

a byte array containing the raw value

Throws:

ValueTooLargeException - if the value is too large for the field