nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib
Enum Type

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Type>
      nl.knaw.dans.common.dbflib.Type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Type>

public enum Type
extends Enum<Type>

Enumeration of the field types available in an xBase database. xBase types are mapped to Java types as specified in the enumerated constant descriptions below.

Note on NUMBER and FLOAT values: In dBase III NUMBER and in dbBase IV FLOAT values are represented internally as floating point values. When parsed by Java they may have slight rounding errors.

Author:

Jan van Mansum, Vesa Åkerman

Enum Constant Summary

BINARY
A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

CHARACTER
String values, mapped to String.

DATE
Date value, mapped to java.util.Date.

FLOAT
Float value, mapped to a Number subclass.

GENERAL
A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

LOGICAL
Logical, or boolean value, mapped to Boolean

MEMO
A String value (without length limitations), mapped to String

NUMBER
Numeric value, mapped to a Number subclass.

PICTURE
A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

Method Summary

static Type	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Type[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

NUMBER

public static final Type NUMBER

Numeric value, mapped to a Number subclass.

FLOAT

public static final Type FLOAT

Float value, mapped to a Number subclass.

CHARACTER

public static final Type CHARACTER

String values, mapped to String.

LOGICAL

public static final Type LOGICAL

Logical, or boolean value, mapped to Boolean

DATE

public static final Type DATE

Date value, mapped to java.util.Date. Note that in xBase the date does not have a time component. The time related fields of java.util.Date are therefore set to 0.

MEMO

public static final Type MEMO

A String value (without length limitations), mapped to String

GENERAL

public static final Type GENERAL

A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

PICTURE

public static final Type PICTURE

A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

BINARY

public static final Type BINARY

A binary value (without length limitations), mapped to byte[].

Method Detail

values

public static Type[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Type c : Type.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Type valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null