ORG.oclc.zsorts
Class StandardNumberKey

java.lang.Object
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public class StandardNumberKey

extends Object

implements IDbSortKey

StandardNumberKey is a class for building a sortkey for the standard number fields in a database record. It constructs a key from the field identified by the sort parms. The key returned is trimmed to the first set of characters before the first blank.

Constructor Summary

StandardNumberKey()

Method Summary

String

getKey(DataDir record, String[] sortParms, int inputDataCharacterset, int keyDataLen) Builds a sortkey String from the input record, list of fields, input data characterset, and maximum datalength for the key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StandardNumberKey

public StandardNumberKey()

Method Detail

getKey

public String getKey(DataDir record,
                     String[] sortParms,
                     int inputDataCharacterset,
                     int keyDataLen)

Builds a sortkey String from the input record, list of fields, input data characterset, and maximum datalength for the key.

Specified by:

getKey in interface IDbSortKey

Parameters:

record - input record

sortParms - String array defining the list of fields in the record to build the key from.

inputDataCharacterset - the characterset of the input data (ASCII or EBCDIC)

keyDataLen - the maximum length of the sort key

Returns:

String