All Known Implementing Classes:

EcNumber.Impl

public interface EcNumber 

Since:

1.4

Author:

Matthew Pocock

• Nested Class Summary

  Nested Classes

  Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
  static class	EcNumber.Impl A simple implementation of EcNumber.

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field and Description
  static Pattern	EC_PATTERN A Pattern that can be used to parse EC strings into the indiidual numbers.
  static int	UNCLASSIFIED Constant that represents EC number components that are as yet unclassified.
  static int	UNDEFINED Constant that represents EC number components that are not defined.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  int	getClassNumber (int level) Get the class number associated with the particular level of the ec number.

• Field Detail

  • EC_PATTERN

    static final Pattern EC_PATTERN 

    A Pattern that can be used to parse EC strings into the indiidual numbers.

  • UNDEFINED

    static final int UNDEFINED 

    Constant that represents EC number components that are not defined. This is often represented as a '-' in EC strings.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • UNCLASSIFIED

    static final int UNCLASSIFIED 

    Constant that represents EC number components that are as yet unclassified. This is often represented as 99 in EC strings.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

• Method Detail

  • getClassNumber

    int getClassNumber(int level)

    Get the class number associated with the particular level of the ec number.

    The index can be between 0 and 3 inclusive. 0 correxpons to the top level class, 1 to the sub-class and so on. A return value of UNDEFINED indicates that this field is not populated.

    Parameters:

    level - the level in the ec classification to return the number for

    Returns:

    the value at that level