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java.lang.Object
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   +----xBaseJ.Field

Summary

public abstract class  Field
     extends java.lang.Object
     implements java.lang.Cloneable
{
          // Methods 10
     public int decPoint();
     public String get();
     public int getDecimalPositionCount();
     public int getLength();
     public String getName();
     public char getType() throws xBaseJException;
     public int length();
     public String name();
     public void put(String) throws xBaseJException;
     public char type() throws xBaseJException;
}

Cross Reference

Extended By:

CharField, DateField, LogicalField, MemoField, NumField

Returned By:

DBF.getField(), DBF.getField()

   public String name() 

Note: name() is deprecated — use getName

Returns:

String contianing the field name

   public String getName() 

Returns:

String contianing the field name

   public int length() 

Note: length() is deprecated — use getLength

Returns:

int - the field length

   public int getLength() 

Returns:

int - the field length

   public char type()  throws xBaseJException

Note: type() is deprecated — use getType

Returns:

char field type

Throws: xBaseJException

undefined field type

   public char getType()  throws xBaseJException

Returns:

char field type

Throws: xBaseJException

undefined field type

   public int decPoint() 

Note: decPoint() is deprecated — use getDecimalPositionCount

Returns:

int - the number of decimal positions for numeric fields, zero returned otherwise

   public int getDecimalPositionCount() 

Returns:

int - the number of decimal positions for numeric fields, zero returned otherwise

   public String get() 

Returns:

String field contents after any type of read.

   public void put(String inValue)  throws xBaseJException

set field contents, no database updates until a DBF update or write is issued

Parameter	Description
inValue	value to set

Throws: xBaseJException

value length too long

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