org.oreodata.metadata
Class URLField

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.oreodata.metadata.Field
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        +--org.oreodata.metadata.StringField
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              +--org.oreodata.metadata.URLField

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldDescriptor, java.io.Serializable

public class URLField

extends StringField

Field descriptor that describes a field that must be a valid URL

Author:

Jonathan Revusky

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.oreodata.metadata.StringField

regexp, regexpString

Fields inherited from class org.oreodata.metadata.Field

defaultValueString, intern, properties, sqlType

Constructor Summary

URLField()

Method Summary

void	checkValidValue(Record rec, java.lang.Object value) Check whether this object is a valid value for this field of the given record.
java.lang.String	normalize(java.lang.String s) "normalize" the string passed in.

Methods inherited from class org.oreodata.metadata.StringField

convertFromJDBC, decodeMultiLineString, encodeMultiLineString, getCopy, getJavaType, getObjectFromString, init, processProperties, valueToString

Methods inherited from class org.oreodata.metadata.Field

convertToJDBC, createSAXHandler, defaultValue, getLocalizedName, getName, getProperty, getSQLType, hashCode, intern, isFieldOf, isRequired, isSetExternally, processDefaultValue, processNormalization, setDefaultValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLField

public URLField()

Method Detail

checkValidValue

public void checkValidValue(Record rec,
                            java.lang.Object value)
                     throws DataException

Description copied from interface: FieldDescriptor

Check whether this object is a valid value for this field of the given record. Used in the core validity checks.

Specified by:

checkValidValue in interface FieldDescriptor

Overrides:

checkValidValue in class StringField

DataException

normalize

public java.lang.String normalize(java.lang.String s)

Description copied from interface: FieldDescriptor

"normalize" the string passed in. For example, with a case-insensitive string field, this method would return the lower case version of the string (or upper case if that is the "normal" form.)

Specified by:

normalize in interface FieldDescriptor

Overrides:

normalize in class StringField

Returns:

the "normalized" string