org.gvsig.chart.model.variables

Interface RequiredField

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Persistent

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultRequiredField

public interface RequiredField
extends Persistent, Cloneable

This class represent one of the fields necessary to create a ChartDataSet with the data represented on a ChartService

See Also:

ChartService, ChartDataSet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canBeSorted()
boolean	canBeTemporal()
RequiredField	clone()
String	getDescription() Get a description about what the fields represents
String	getName() Gets the name of the RequiredField to identify it
String	getTemporalInterval()
DataType	getType() Get the type of the data that this field will contain.
String	getValue() Gets the value to the field
boolean	isNumeric() Check if the data has only numerical data
boolean	isOptional() Check if the data is optional in the data definition of the ChartDataSet
void	setCanBeSorted(boolean b)
void	setCanBeTemporal(boolean b)
void	setDescription(String description) Sets a description to the RequiredField
void	setIsNumeric(boolean isNum) Set the flag of the field to optional or not
void	setIsOptional(boolean b) Set the flag of the field to optional or not
void	setName(String name) Establish a name to the RequiredField
void	setTemporalInterval(String temporalInterval2)
void	setType(String type) Sets a Datatype to the content data represented by this field
void	setValue(String value) Sets the value to the field

Methods inherited from interface org.gvsig.tools.persistence.Persistent

loadFromState, saveToState

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of the RequiredField to identify it

Returns:

RequiredField's name

setName

void setName(String name)

Establish a name to the RequiredField

Parameters:

name -

getDescription

String getDescription()

Get a description about what the fields represents

Returns:

description of the RequiredField

setDescription

void setDescription(String description)

Sets a description to the RequiredField

Parameters:

description -

getType

DataType getType()

Get the type of the data that this field will contain.

Returns:

DataType of the data contained.

setType

void setType(String type)

Sets a Datatype to the content data represented by this field

Parameters:

type -

setValue

void setValue(String value)

Sets the value to the field

Parameters:

value -

getValue

String getValue()

Gets the value to the field

Parameters:

value -

isNumeric

boolean isNumeric()

Check if the data has only numerical data

Returns:

true if the field only has Numeric data

setIsNumeric

void setIsNumeric(boolean isNum)

Set the flag of the field to optional or not

Parameters:

boolean -

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

Check if the data is optional in the data definition of the ChartDataSet

Returns:

true if the field is optional

setIsOptional

void setIsOptional(boolean b)

Set the flag of the field to optional or not

Parameters:

boolean -

canBeTemporal

boolean canBeTemporal()

setCanBeTemporal

void setCanBeTemporal(boolean b)

setTemporalInterval

void setTemporalInterval(String temporalInterval2)

getTemporalInterval

String getTemporalInterval()

clone

RequiredField clone()

canBeSorted

boolean canBeSorted()

setCanBeSorted

void setCanBeSorted(boolean b)