org.compiere.common
Class FieldType

java.lang.Object
  org.compiere.common.constants.DisplayTypeConstants
      org.compiere.common.FieldType

Direct Known Subclasses:

DisplayType

public class FieldType
extends DisplayTypeConstants

System Display Types.

        SELECT AD_Reference_ID, Name FROM AD_Reference WHERE ValidationType = 'D'
  

Version:

$Id: DisplayType.java,v 1.6 2006/08/30 20:30:44 comdivision Exp $

Author:

Jorg Janke

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.compiere.common.constants.DisplayTypeConstants

Account, Amount, Assignment, Binary, Button, Color, CostPrice, Date, DateTime, FileName, FilePath, Graph, ID, Image, Integer, Label, List, Location, Locator, Memo, Number, PAttribute, PrinterName, Quantity, RowID, Search, String, Table, TableDir, Text, TextLong, Time, URL, YesNo

Constructor Summary

FieldType()

Method Summary

static int	getDefaultPrecision(int displayType) Get Default Precision.
static boolean	isCaseSensitive(int displayType) Returns true if the field should be searched with case sensitivity
static boolean	isClientLookup(int displayType)
static boolean	isDate(int displayType) Returns truem if DisplayType is a Date.
static boolean	isID(int displayType) Returns true if (numeric) ID (Table, Search, Account, ..).
static boolean	isLOB(int displayType) Returns true if DisplayType is a Large Object
static boolean	isLookup(int displayType) Returns true if DisplayType is a VLookup (List, Table, TableDir, Search).
static boolean	isNumeric(int displayType) Returns true, if DisplayType is numeric (Amount, Number, Quantity, Integer).
static boolean	isText(int displayType) Returns true, if DisplayType is text (String, Text, TextLong, Memo).
static boolean	isTextArea(int displayType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FieldType

public FieldType()

Method Detail

isID

public static boolean isID(int displayType)

Returns true if (numeric) ID (Table, Search, Account, ..). (stored as Integer)

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if ID

isNumeric

public static boolean isNumeric(int displayType)

Returns true, if DisplayType is numeric (Amount, Number, Quantity, Integer). (stored as BigDecimal)

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if numeric

getDefaultPrecision

public static int getDefaultPrecision(int displayType)

Get Default Precision. Used for databases who cannot handle dynamic number precision.

Parameters:

displayType - display type

Returns:

scale (decimal precision)

isText

public static boolean isText(int displayType)

Returns true, if DisplayType is text (String, Text, TextLong, Memo).

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if text

isDate

public static boolean isDate(int displayType)

Returns truem if DisplayType is a Date. (stored as Timestamp)

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if date

isLookup

public static boolean isLookup(int displayType)

Returns true if DisplayType is a VLookup (List, Table, TableDir, Search). (stored as Integer)

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if Lookup

isClientLookup

public static boolean isClientLookup(int displayType)

isLOB

public static boolean isLOB(int displayType)

Returns true if DisplayType is a Large Object

Parameters:

displayType - Display Type

Returns:

true if LOB

isTextArea

public static boolean isTextArea(int displayType)

isCaseSensitive

public static boolean isCaseSensitive(int displayType)

Returns true if the field should be searched with case sensitivity

Parameters:

displayType -

Returns: