com.sciapp.filter
Class NumberFilter

java.lang.Object
  com.sciapp.filter.Filter
      com.sciapp.filter.ComparisonFilter
          com.sciapp.filter.NumberFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DoubleFilter, FloatFilter, IntegerFilter, LongFilter

public abstract class NumberFilter
extends ComparisonFilter

The superclass for filters that deal with Numbers.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.sciapp.filter.ComparisonFilter

comparison, EQ, GE, GT, LE, LT, NE

Fields inherited from class com.sciapp.filter.Filter

acceptNull

Constructor Summary

NumberFilter()
Constructs a NumberFilter object.

Method Summary

abstract boolean	fromString(String str) Parses the supplied string to a Number and returns a boolean indicating if the parsing was successful.
abstract Number	getNumber() Returns the Number object which is set as the filter pattern.
abstract void	setNumber(Number n) Assigns a new Number object as the filter pattern.

Methods inherited from class com.sciapp.filter.ComparisonFilter

getComparison, setComparison

Methods inherited from class com.sciapp.filter.Filter

accept, getAcceptNull, getFilterPattern, setAcceptNull, setFilterPattern

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NumberFilter

public NumberFilter()

Constructs a NumberFilter object.

Method Detail

fromString

public abstract boolean fromString(String str)

Parses the supplied string to a Number and returns a boolean indicating if the parsing was successful.

Parameters:

str - the string to parse to a Number

Returns:

true if the supplied string was successfully parsed, false otherwise.

getNumber

public abstract Number getNumber()

Returns the Number object which is set as the filter pattern.

Returns:

the filter pattern as a Number

setNumber

public abstract void setNumber(Number n)

Assigns a new Number object as the filter pattern.

Parameters:

n - the new filter pattern to assign as a Number.