org.marc4j.marc
Interface Subfield

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SubfieldImpl

public interface Subfield
extends Serializable

Represents a subfield in a MARC record.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Author:

Bas Peters

Method Summary

boolean	find(String pattern) Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of the data element.
char	getCode() Returns the data element identifier.
String	getData() Returns the data element.
Long	getId() Returns the identifier.
void	setCode(char code) Sets the data element identifier.
void	setData(String data) Sets the data element.
void	setId(Long id) Sets the identifier.

Method Detail

setId

void setId(Long id)

Sets the identifier.

The purpose of this identifier is to provide an identifier for persistency.

Parameters:

id - the identifier

getId

Long getId()

Returns the identifier.

Returns:

Long - the identifier

getCode

char getCode()

Returns the data element identifier.

Returns:

char - the data element identifier

setCode

void setCode(char code)

Sets the data element identifier.

Parameters:

code - the data element identifier

getData

String getData()

Returns the data element.

Returns:

String - the data element

setData

void setData(String data)

Sets the data element.

Parameters:

data - the data element

find

boolean find(String pattern)

Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of the data element. See (@link java.util.regex.Pattern} for regular expressions.

Parameters:

pattern - the regular expression

Returns:

true if the pattern matches, false othewise