org.jmonks.batch.io
Class ReaderRecord

java.lang.Object
  org.jmonks.batch.io.Record
      org.jmonks.batch.io.ReaderRecord

Direct Known Subclasses:

FlatFileReader.FlatFileReaderRecord, XMLFileReader.XMLReaderRecord

public abstract class ReaderRecord

extends Record

ReaderRecord provides the methods to read the values of the fields from a record. This record will be generated from the FileReader's.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Suresh Pragada

Constructor Summary

protected

ReaderRecord(RecordType recordType) Constructs the ReaderRecord by accepting the record type.

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object

readField(java.lang.String fieldName) Reads the value of the given field from the record.

Methods inherited from class org.jmonks.batch.io.Record

getRecordType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReaderRecord

protected ReaderRecord(RecordType recordType)

Constructs the ReaderRecord by accepting the record type.

Parameters:

recordType - Type of the record.

Method Detail

readField

public abstract java.lang.Object readField(java.lang.String fieldName)

Reads the value of the given field from the record. The value will be depends on the type of file. Concrete implementors provide the details on the kind of the object they return for different fields and what the field name corresponds to.

Parameters:

fieldName - Name of the field.

Returns:

Returns the value of the given field from the record, null if field doesnt exists.