Class ColumnDescription

java.lang.Object
com.vividsolutions.jump.io.ColumnDescription
public class ColumnDescription extends Object
This is a helper class to store information about a JCS Column for the GML Parser (GMLReader).
Also has a function for checking if an XML tag matches this column specification.

  • Constructor Details

    • ColumnDescription

      public ColumnDescription()

  • Method Details

    • setType

      public void setType(AttributeType t)
      Sets the [JCS] type of this column
      Parameters:
      t - JCS type that this column will contain (null means 'STRING')

    • getType

      public AttributeType getType()
      Returns the [JCS] type of this column cf. setType()

    • setColumnName

      public void setColumnName(String colname)
      Set the name of this column.
      Parameters:
      colname - name of the column

    • setTagName

      public void setTagName(String tagname)
      Sets the name of the XML tag that this column will be extracted from.
      Parameters:
      tagname - name of the XML tag

    • setTagAttribute

      public void setTagAttribute(String attName, String attValue)
      Sets the name of the attribute (and its value) that the xml tag that this column will be extracted from. 
        For example, the XML '<value type=name> DAVE </value>' would described by:
  setTagName('value');
  setTagAttribute('type','name');
      Parameters:
      attName - name of the XML attribute name
      attValue - its value

    • setTagAttribute

      public void setTagAttribute(String attName)
      Sets the name of the attribute (with no value) that the xml tag that this column will be extracted from. 
        For example, the XML '<value name=david></value>' would described by:
  setTagName('value');
  setTagAttribute('name');
      Parameters:
      attName - name of the XML attribute name

    • setValueAttribute

      public void setValueAttribute(String attName)
      Sets the name of the attribute that the actual column's value will be found. 
        For example, the XML '<value name=david></value>' would described by:
  setTagName('value');
  setTagAttribute('name');
  setValueAttribute('name');
      NOTE: not calling this function will mean to get the column's value from the BODY of the tag.
      Parameters:
      attName - name of the attribute that the column's value will be extracted from

    • match

      public int match(String XMLtagName, Attributes xmlAtts)
      Given an xml tag (its name and attributes), see if it matches this column description
      If it doesnt, return 0
      If it does, return either VALUE_IS_BODY or VALUE_IS_ATTRIBUTE
      Parameters:
      XMLtagName - name of the xml tag
      xmlAtts - list of the xml attributes for the tag (cf. xerces or SAX)