1 //$Id: Subfield.java,v 1.11 2006/08/04 12:26:33 bpeters Exp $
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3 * Copyright (C) 2004 Bas Peters
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5 * This file is part of MARC4J
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7 * MARC4J is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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9 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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10 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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12 * MARC4J is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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15 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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18 * License along with MARC4J; if not, write to the Free Software
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19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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21 package org.marc4j.marc;
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23 import java.io.Serializable;
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26 * Represents a subfield in a MARC record.
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28 * @author Bas Peters
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29 * @version $Revision: 1.11 $
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31 public interface Subfield extends Serializable {
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34 * Sets the identifier.
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37 * The purpose of this identifier is to provide an identifier for
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43 public void setId(Long id);
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46 * Returns the identifier.
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48 * @return Long - the identifier
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50 public Long getId();
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53 * Returns the data element identifier.
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55 * @return char - the data element identifier
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57 public char getCode();
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60 * Sets the data element identifier.
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63 * the data element identifier
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65 public void setCode(char code);
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68 * Returns the data element.
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70 * @return String - the data element
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72 public String getData();
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75 * Sets the data element.
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80 public void setData(String data);
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83 * Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of the
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86 * See (@link java.util.regex.Pattern} for regular expressions.
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89 * the regular expression
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90 * @return true if the pattern matches, false othewise
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92 public boolean find(String pattern);
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