gov.nasa.pds.ppi.label

Class PDSItem

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.pds.ppi.label.PDSItem

public class PDSItem
extends java.lang.Object

PDSItem is a class that descibes the location within a PDSLabel of one or more elements.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
int	mEnd The index of the end element of the item
int	mStart The index of the first element of the item

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDSItem() Creates an instance of a PDSItem

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	empty() Clears all settings of the item.
boolean	isValid() Determines if a PDSItem is valid.
java.lang.String	toString() Outputs validity, and if valid the start index and end index
boolean	valid() Determines if a PDSItem is valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mStart

public int mStart

The index of the first element of the item

mEnd

public int mEnd

The index of the end element of the item

Constructor Detail

PDSItem

public PDSItem()

Creates an instance of a PDSItem

Method Detail

valid

public boolean valid()

Determines if a PDSItem is valid. A valid PDSItem is set to point to a range of elements within a PDSLabel.

Returns:

true if a range is set. false is no range is set.

Since:

1.0

isValid

public boolean isValid()

Determines if a PDSItem is valid. A valid PDSItem is set to point to a range of elements within a PDSLabel.

Returns:

true if a range is set. false is no range is set.

Since:

1.0

empty

public void empty()

Clears all settings of the item. Once an item is cleared it no longer points to a valid range of elements.

Since:

1.0

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Outputs validity, and if valid the start index and end index

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object