1 //$Id: VariableField.java,v 1.10 2006/08/04 12:28:17 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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25 import org.marc4j.marc.impl.VariableFieldImpl;
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28 * Represents a variable field in a MARC record.
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30 * @author Bas Peters
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31 * @version $Revision: 1.10 $
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33 public interface VariableField extends Serializable, Comparable {
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36 * Sets the identifier.
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39 * The purpose of this identifier is to provide an identifier for
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45 public void setId(Long id);
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48 * Returns the identifier.
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50 * @return Long - the identifier
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52 public Long getId();
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55 * Returns the tag name.
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57 * @return String - the tag name
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59 public String getTag();
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62 * Sets the tag name.
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67 public void setTag(String tag);
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70 * Returns true if the given regular expression matches a subsequence of a
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71 * data element within the variable field.
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74 * See {@link java.util.regex.Pattern} for more information about Java
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75 * regular expressions.
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79 * the regular expression
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80 * @return true if the pattern matches, false othewise
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82 public abstract boolean find(String pattern);
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