edu.harvard.hul.ois.mets.helper
Class PCData

java.lang.Object
  edu.harvard.hul.ois.mets.helper.PCData

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetsSerializable

public class PCData

extends java.lang.Object

implements MetsSerializable

Class encapsulating a PCDATA text string. Note that PCDATA content can be specified as either String or Reader objects.

Constructor Summary

PCData()
Instantiate a PCData object.

PCData(java.io.Reader reader)
Instantiate a PCData object with a content reader.

PCData(java.lang.String content)
Instantiate a PCData object with string content.

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String content) Add additional PCDATA content.
java.util.List	getContent() Get content model.
void	read(MetsReader r) De-serialize this element and its content model.
static PCData	reader(MetsReader r) Instantiate a PCData object de-serialized from the input stream.
void	write(MetsWriter w) Serialize this element and its content model.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PCData

public PCData()

Instantiate a PCData object.

PCData

public PCData(java.lang.String content)

Instantiate a PCData object with string content.

Parameters:

content - String content

PCData

public PCData(java.io.Reader reader)

Instantiate a PCData object with a content reader. Objects instantiated with this constructor must not attempt to add content to the list returned by the getContent() method.

Parameters:

reader - Reader

Method Detail

getContent

public java.util.List getContent()

Get content model.

Specified by:

getContent in interface MetsSerializable

Returns:

Null

add

public void add(java.lang.String content)

Add additional PCDATA content.

Parameters:

content - PCDATA content

reader

public static PCData reader(MetsReader r)
                     throws MetsException

Instantiate a PCData object de-serialized from the input stream.

Parameters:

r - Reader

Returns:

PCData object

Throws:

MetsException - De-serializing exception

read

public void read(MetsReader r)
          throws MetsException

De-serialize this element and its content model.

Specified by:

read in interface MetsSerializable

Parameters:

r - Reader

Throws:

MetsException

write

public void write(MetsWriter w)
           throws MetsException

Serialize this element and its content model.

Specified by:

write in interface MetsSerializable

Parameters:

w - Writer

Throws:

MetsException