org.jamel.dbf.structure

Class DbfField

java.lang.Object

org.jamel.dbf.structure.DbfField

public class DbfField
extends java.lang.Object

Field descriptor in dbf header (fix 32 bytes for each field)

See Also:

DBF specification (2a, 2b)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	HEADER_TERMINATOR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DbfDataType	getDataType()
int	getDecimalCount()
int	getFieldIndex()
int	getFieldLength()
java.lang.String	getName()
static DbfField	read(java.io.DataInput in, int fieldIndex) Creates a DBFField object from the data read from the given DataInputStream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HEADER_TERMINATOR

public static final int HEADER_TERMINATOR

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

read

public static DbfField read(java.io.DataInput in,
                            int fieldIndex)
                     throws DbfException

Creates a DBFField object from the data read from the given DataInputStream.

The data in the DataInputStream object is supposed to be organised correctly and the stream "pointer" is supposed to be positioned properly.

Parameters:

in - DataInputStream

Returns:

created DBFField object.

Throws:

DbfException - if any stream reading problems occurs.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getDataType

public DbfDataType getDataType()

getFieldLength

public int getFieldLength()

getDecimalCount

public int getDecimalCount()

getFieldIndex

public int getFieldIndex()