org.marc4j.marc
Class VariableField

java.lang.Object
  org.marc4j.marc.VariableField

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ControlField, DataField

public abstract class VariableField

extends Object

implements Serializable

VariableField defines general behaviour for variable fields.

According to the MARC standard the variable fields follow the leader and the directory in the record and consist of control fields and data fields. Control fields precede data fields in the record and are arranged in the same sequence as the corresponding entries in the directory.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Bas Peters

See Also:

ControlField, DataField, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static char

FT The field terminator

Constructor Summary

VariableField()
Default constructor.

VariableField(String tag)
Creates a new VariableField for the supplied tag.

Method Summary

String	getTag() Returns the tag name.
void	setTag(String tag) Registers the tag name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FT

public static final char FT

The field terminator

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

VariableField

public VariableField()

Default constructor.

VariableField

public VariableField(String tag)

Creates a new VariableField for the supplied tag.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name

Method Detail

setTag

public void setTag(String tag)

Registers the tag name.

Parameters:

tag - the tag name

getTag

public String getTag()

Returns the tag name.

Returns:

String - the tag name