ORG.oclc.fmts
Class ZBaseFormatter

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ERICbriefMarcFmt, ERICfullMarcFmt, ExampleOPACFmt, ThesaurusBriefBerFmt, WCATbriefBerFmt, WCATbriefMarcFmt, WCATbriefTextFmt, WCATfullMarcFmt

public class ZBaseFormatter

extends Object

implements Z39Formatter

The ZBaseFormatter class is the parent class for all the ZBase database record formatting classes that convert BER data to MARC format. It defines variables commonly used by all the formats and houses commonly used methods to format database records.

See Also:

Z39Formatter, MarcBuilder, FormatBerUtil

Field Summary

protected String	fieldData String data type containing data for a record field.
protected FormatBerUtil	fmtUtil FormatBerUtil object containing methods to retrieve data fields from a BER record.
protected byte[]	marcbytes byte array object used to store byte data from a data field.
protected MarcBuilder	marcRec MarcBuilder object containing methods to build a MARC record.
protected DataDir	newDir DataDir object containing the returned record from the formatting activity.

Constructor Summary

ZBaseFormatter()
Constructs a ZBaseFormatter object.

Method Summary

BerString	buildTextRecord(String textData) Creates a BerString object containing a single node containing the input text record.
BerString[]	doFormat(BerString[] records) Parent doFormat method for an input array of BerString objects that returns a null when called at this level.
BerString	doFormat(DataDir record) Parent doFormat method for an input DataDir object that returns a null when called at this level.
BerString	makeMarcBerString(String marcString) Creates a BerString object containing a Marc representation of the input marc record string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fieldData

protected String fieldData

String data type containing data for a record field.

marcRec

protected MarcBuilder marcRec

MarcBuilder object containing methods to build a MARC record.

marcbytes

protected byte[] marcbytes

byte array object used to store byte data from a data field.

fmtUtil

protected FormatBerUtil fmtUtil

FormatBerUtil object containing methods to retrieve data fields from a BER record.

newDir

protected DataDir newDir

DataDir object containing the returned record from the formatting activity.

Constructor Detail

ZBaseFormatter

public ZBaseFormatter()

Constructs a ZBaseFormatter object.

Method Detail

doFormat

public BerString doFormat(DataDir record)

Parent doFormat method for an input DataDir object that returns a null when called at this level.

Specified by:

doFormat in interface Z39Formatter

Parameters:

record - a BER record.

Returns:

a null.

doFormat

public BerString[] doFormat(BerString[] records)

Parent doFormat method for an input array of BerString objects that returns a null when called at this level.

Specified by:

doFormat in interface Z39Formatter

Parameters:

records[] - an array of BER formatted records.

Returns:

a null.

makeMarcBerString

public BerString makeMarcBerString(String marcString)

Creates a BerString object containing a Marc representation of the input marc record string.

Parameters:

marcString - the Marc record string.

Returns:

the Marc record in a BER format.

buildTextRecord

public BerString buildTextRecord(String textData)

Creates a BerString object containing a single node containing the input text record.

Parameters:

textData - the text record string.

Returns:

the text record in a BER format.