org.marc4j.converter
Class CharConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.marc4j.converter.CharConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnselToUnicode, Iso5426ToUnicode, Iso6937ToUnicode, UnicodeToAnsel, UnicodeToIso5426, UnicodeToIso6937

public abstract class CharConverter
extends Object

Extend this class to create a character converter.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Bas Peters

Constructor Summary

CharConverter()

Method Summary

String	convert(byte[] dataElement) Alternate method for performing a character conversion.
abstract String	convert(char[] dataElement) The method that needs to be implemented in a subclass to create a CharConverter.
String	convert(String dataElement) Alternate method for performing a character conversion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharConverter

public CharConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public abstract String convert(char[] dataElement)

The method that needs to be implemented in a subclass to create a CharConverter. Receives a data element extracted from a record as a array of characters, and converts that data and returns the result as a String object.

Parameters:

dataElement - the data to convert

Returns:

String the conversion result

convert

public final String convert(byte[] dataElement)

Alternate method for performing a character conversion. Receives the incoming as a byte array, converts the bytes to characters, and calls the above convert method which must be implemented in the subclass.

Parameters:

dataElement - the data to convert

Returns:

String the conversion result

convert

public final String convert(String dataElement)

Alternate method for performing a character conversion. Receives the incoming as a String, converts the String to a character array, and calls the above convert method which must be implemented in the subclass.

Parameters:

dataElement - the data to convert

Returns:

String the conversion result