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com.ibm.btt.format
Class FieldFormat

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.ibm.btt.format.AbstractFormatElement
      extended by com.ibm.btt.format.FieldFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
FormatElement
Direct Known Subclasses:
BinaryIntegerStringFormat, DateFormat, FloatFormat, IntegerFormat, JSONObjectFormat, NumericStringFormat, PackedDateFormat, PackedFormat, StringFormat, TimeFormat

public abstract class FieldFormat
extends AbstractFormatElement
implements FormatElement


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class com.ibm.btt.format.AbstractFormatElement
dataName, tagName, TOSTRINGS_MARGIN
 
Constructor Summary
FieldFormat()
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean isContainer()
          if true, this FormatElement has children. if false, this FormatElement has no children.
 
Methods inherited from class com.ibm.btt.format.AbstractFormatElement
attributes, extract, getDataName, rootDecorated, setDataName, toString, toStrings
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.btt.format.FormatElement
extract, format, getDataName, rootDecorated, toStrings, unformat
 

Constructor Detail

FieldFormat

public FieldFormat()
Method Detail

isContainer

public boolean isContainer()
Description copied from interface: FormatElement
if true, this FormatElement has children. if false, this FormatElement has no children.

For example:
com.ibm.btt.format.CompositeFormat and its sub class will always return true;
com.ibm.btt.format.FiledFormat and its sub class will always return false;
com.ibm.btt.format.FormatDecorator and its subclass will delegate this method to its decorated FormatElement.

Specified by:
isContainer in interface FormatElement
Returns:

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