com.ibm.as400.ui.util
Class AS400CharFormatter

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.as400.ui.framework.java.DataFormatter
      com.ibm.as400.ui.util.AS400Formatter
          com.ibm.as400.ui.util.AS400CharFormatter

public class AS400CharFormatter
extends AS400Formatter

Checks validity of a string as an AS/400 *CHAR identifier.

A valid AS/400 Char string is:

• 1 to 256 characters
• all characters 'A'-'Z', '0'-'9', '$', '#', '@', '_'

A valid AS/400 Char string in quoted form:

• 1 to 256 characters including quotes
• starts and ends with ' (single quote)
• All characters valid except: EBCDIC x00 - x3F, xFF.
• '*', '?', " (double quote), ' (single quote), ' ' (blank) are allowed.

Since:

v4r2m0

Version:

1.0, 06/01/98

Author:

B. Cragun

See Also:

IllegalUserDataException, AS400NameFormatter, AS400SnameFormatter, AS400CnameFormatter

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.as400.ui.util.AS400Formatter

ALLOW_EMBEDDED_WILD_CARDS, ALLOW_TRAILING_WILD_CARD, IBM_OBJECT_NAME_MAX_LENGTH, NO_WILD_CARDS, STANDARD_OBJECT_NAME_MAX_LENGTH

Constructor and Description

AS400CharFormatter(AS400 system)
Constructs an AS400CharFormatter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	parse(String source) Parses and checks a string as a valid AS/400 Char string.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.as400.ui.util.AS400Formatter

getCCSID, getWildCardMode, isAllowedWildCard, isValidEbcdicAlpha, setCCSID, setWildCardMode

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.as400.ui.framework.java.DataFormatter

format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AS400CharFormatter

public AS400CharFormatter(AS400 system)

Constructs an AS400CharFormatter. The CCSID of the input AS400 object will be used for checking. If a null AS400 object is used, 37 is used as a default CCSID.

Parameters:

system - an AS400 object.

Since:

v4r2m0

Method Detail

parse

public Object parse(String source)
             throws IllegalUserDataException

Parses and checks a string as a valid AS/400 Char string. If the string is not valid an IllegalUserDataException is thrown.

Overrides:

parse in class DataFormatter

Parameters:

source - the string to be parsed

Returns:

the valid checked result

Throws:

IllegalUserDataException

Since:

v4r2m0