story.dbcore.attributes
Class TextField

java.lang.Object
  story.dbcore.attributes.Attribute
      story.dbcore.attributes.TextField

public class TextField
extends Attribute

Attribute for text fields (i.e, Strings).

Returns Strings.

Constructor Summary

TextField()
Constructor without maximum field length or initial value.

TextField(AttributeValue value)
Constructor without maximum field length but with initial value.

TextField(int maxLength)
Constructor with maximum field length but no initial value.

TextField(int maxLength, AttributeValue value)
Constructor with maximum field length and initial value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(AttributeValue otherValue) Determines whether the text equals another attribute value (case sensitive).
boolean	greaterThan(AttributeValue otherValue) Determines whether the text is greater than another value, lexiographically (case sensitive).
int	maxLength() All extending classes must report their maximum length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextField

public TextField()

Constructor without maximum field length or initial value. Default is 500 characters.

TextField

public TextField(AttributeValue value)
          throws Scheherexception

Constructor without maximum field length but with initial value. Default is 500 characters.

Throws:

Scheherexception

TextField

public TextField(int maxLength)
          throws Scheherexception

Constructor with maximum field length but no initial value.

Throws:

Scheherexception

TextField

public TextField(int maxLength,
                 AttributeValue value)
          throws Scheherexception

Constructor with maximum field length and initial value.

Throws:

Scheherexception

Method Detail

greaterThan

public boolean greaterThan(AttributeValue otherValue)
                    throws Scheherexception

Determines whether the text is greater than another value, lexiographically (case sensitive).

Specified by:

greaterThan in class Attribute

Throws:

Scheherexception

equals

public boolean equals(AttributeValue otherValue)
               throws Scheherexception

Determines whether the text equals another attribute value (case sensitive).

Specified by:

equals in class Attribute

Throws:

Scheherexception

maxLength

public int maxLength()

Description copied from class: Attribute

All extending classes must report their maximum length.

Specified by:

maxLength in class Attribute