org.marc4j.marc
Interface VariableField

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ControlField, DataField

All Known Implementing Classes:

ControlFieldImpl, DataFieldImpl, VariableFieldImpl

public interface VariableField
extends Serializable, Comparable

Represents a variable field in a MARC record.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

Bas Peters

Method Summary

boolean	find(String pattern) Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of a data element within the variable field.
Long	getId() Returns the identifier.
String	getTag() Returns the tag name.
void	setId(Long id) Sets the identifier.
void	setTag(String tag) Sets the tag name.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

getTag

String getTag()

Returns the tag name.

Returns:

String - the tag name

setTag

void setTag(String tag)

Sets the tag name.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name

find

boolean find(String pattern)

Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of a data element within the variable field.

See Pattern for more information about Java regular expressions.

Parameters:

pattern - the regular expression

Returns:

true if the pattern matches, false othewise