net.sf.imageCave.database
Class DataTableBuilder

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ASTDataTableBuilder

public abstract class DataTableBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

Want a DataTable built?. Just make an instance of this class and tell it to build one. Well, more specifically use a subclass of this (since this is an abstract class).

Since:

16 March, 2004

Version:

%I%, %G%

Author:

Stuart T. Tett, disc0stu@sf.net

See Also:

DataTable, ASTDataTableBuilder

Constructor Summary

DataTableBuilder()

Method Summary

abstract DataRow	buildRow(java.lang.Object block) Build a row to put into the table.
abstract void	buildTable() Build a table with this DataTableBuilder.
abstract DataTable	getTable() Get the table that this DataTableBuilder just built.
abstract void	setTableSource(CfgFile cf) Set the CfgFile from which to build the table/rows.
abstract void	setTableSource(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String filename) Set the CfgFile from which to build the table/rows.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataTableBuilder

public DataTableBuilder()

Method Detail

buildTable

public abstract void buildTable()

Build a table with this DataTableBuilder.

buildRow

public abstract DataRow buildRow(java.lang.Object block)

Build a row to put into the table. We just want to access it by this.buildTable() to build the rows in this table. Making this private wouldn't work because it is abstract.

Parameters:

block - an Object that is used to build a row.

Returns:

a data row built from the object passed to the function.

getTable

public abstract DataTable getTable()

Get the table that this DataTableBuilder just built.

Returns:

the last DataTable built by this DataTableBuilder

setTableSource

public abstract void setTableSource(java.lang.String path,
                                    java.lang.String filename)

Set the CfgFile from which to build the table/rows.

Parameters:

path - the path to the directory in which the file resides

filename - the name of the file (e.g. foo.cfg)

setTableSource

public abstract void setTableSource(CfgFile cf)

Set the CfgFile from which to build the table/rows.

Parameters:

cf - the CfgFile to use