jet.connect
Class DbChar

java.lang.Object
  jet.connect.DbValue
      jet.connect.DbChar

All Implemented Interfaces:

jet.util.DbValueable, jet.util.QuickSortableNode

Direct Known Subclasses:

fText

public class DbChar
extends DbValue

The DbChar class represents character strings. All SQL string literals in Java programs, such as "VarChar" and "NVarChar", are implemented as instances of this class.

DbChar supports mutable strings. A DbChar represents a string in the UTF-16 format with default coding 8859-1. This class also supports other encodings. You can set DbColDesc desc in the constructor with the encoding name GBK, etc, and use getRaw and setRaw methods for other encodings.

value

public java.lang.String value

Deprecated. 

The field contains the value of this object. Note, use get and set to access it instead of accessing it directly.

DbChar

public DbChar()

Constructs an uninitialized DbChar. This DbChar object is mutable until the value and the description of the column are set.

DbChar

public DbChar(java.lang.String val)

Constructs an uninitialized DbChar. This DbBit object is mutable until DbColDesc is set.

Parameters:

val - The value holding a String.

DbChar

public DbChar(DbColDesc desc)

Constructs an uninitialized DbChar. This DbChar object is mutable until the value is set.

Parameters:

desc - The value to be represented by the DbColDesc object.

getRaw

public byte[] getRaw()

Returns the value of this DbChar as a String value. This method uses the desc.getEncodingName() to encode the value and return an encoded string. Note this method should be used with setRaw.

setRaw

public void setRaw(byte[] bytes)

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the specified byte array argument. This method uses the desc.getEncodingName() to encode the value and set encoded string. Note this method should be used with getRaw.

Parameters:

v - The value to be represented by the byte array.

get

public final java.lang.String get()

Returns the value of this DbChar as a String value.

set

public final void set(java.lang.String v)

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the specified String argument.

Parameters:

v - The value to be represented by the String object.

set

public void set(java.sql.ResultSet rs,
                int col)
         throws java.sql.SQLException

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the boolean value indicated by the ResultSet parameter and an index of the column.

Specified by:

set in class DbValue

Parameters:

rs - The ResultSet to be fetched.

col - The index of the column.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - if the ResultSet does not contain the index.

set

public void set(JRHierarchicalDataset hds,
                int col)
         throws java.sql.SQLException

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the String value indicated by the JRHierarchicalDataset parameter and an index of the column.

Overrides:

set in class DbValue

Parameters:

hds - The JRHierarchicalDataset to be fetched.

col - The index of the column.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - if the ResultSet does not contain the index.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String object representing this DbChar's value. The value is returned as a string. if the value is null, it returns "NULL".

Specified by:

toString in class DbValue

Returns:

a string representation of the value of this object.

toConvertString

public java.lang.String toConvertString()

Returns a String object representing this DbChar's value. If encoded, returns a new string with 8859_1. If the value is null, it returns "NULL".

Returns:

a string representation of the value of this object.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates a clone of this DbChar object.

Specified by:

clone in interface jet.util.DbValueable

Specified by:

clone in class DbValue

equals

public boolean equals(DbValue v)

Compares this object to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null but a DbChar object that contains the same String value as this object.

Specified by:

equals in class DbValue

Parameters:

v - The DbValue object to be compared with.

Returns:

true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.

compareTo

public int compareTo(DbValue v)

Compares this DbChar object with the DbValue object.

Specified by:

compareTo in class DbValue

Returns:

LESS, EQUAL, or GREAT.

See Also:

DbValueable

set

public void set(DbValue v)

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the String value indicated by the DbValue parameter. The DbValue object will be checked to see if it is null.

Specified by:

set in class DbValue

Parameters:

v - The DbValue to be converted to a DbChar. If it is null, the value will not be set.

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String v)

Sets a newly allocated DbChar object that represents the String value indicated by the String parameter.

Specified by:

setValue in class DbValue

Parameters:

v - The String to be converted to a DbChar.

toStringValue

public java.lang.String toStringValue()

Specified by:

toStringValue in class DbValue

Returns:

a string which will represent the value in the DbValue(null flag and value). When compare StringValue from DbValues, we always assume that: the two DbValues have same DbColDesc. Two StringValue equals means the original DbValue equals. Does NOT transfer the compareTo(DbValue v) method. Only comparable dbValue implements this methods. String coding uses Base64.