com.ibm.commerce.promotion.uniquecode.generator

Class ConstantPattern

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.commerce.promotion.uniquecode.generator.ConstantPattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

Pattern

public class ConstantPattern
extends java.lang.Object
implements Pattern

The constant pattern will always return the same string

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConstantPattern(java.lang.String patternDef) The constructor method of ConstantPattern.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getCode() This method gets the constant string
char	getMaskCharacter() This method gets the mask character
java.lang.String	getPatternDefinition() This method gets the pattern constant string
java.math.BigDecimal	getPatternSpace() This method gets the pattern code space size
void	setPatternDefinition(java.lang.String patternDef) This method sets the pattern string
boolean	validatePattern() This method validates the constant pattern

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstantPattern

public ConstantPattern(java.lang.String patternDef)

The constructor method of ConstantPattern.

Parameters:

patternDef - The constant string.

Method Detail

getCode

public java.lang.String getCode()

This method gets the constant string

Specified by:

getCode in interface Pattern

Returns:

The constant string

See Also:

Pattern.getCode()

getPatternSpace

public java.math.BigDecimal getPatternSpace()

This method gets the pattern code space size

Specified by:

getPatternSpace in interface Pattern

Returns:

The constant 1

See Also:

Pattern.getPatternSpace()

validatePattern

public boolean validatePattern()

This method validates the constant pattern

Specified by:

validatePattern in interface Pattern

Returns:

It will always return true.

See Also:

Pattern.validatePattern()

getPatternDefinition

public java.lang.String getPatternDefinition()

This method gets the pattern constant string

Specified by:

getPatternDefinition in interface Pattern

Returns:

The constant string

See Also:

Pattern.getPatternDefinition()

getMaskCharacter

public char getMaskCharacter()

This method gets the mask character

The constant pattern is special and will use 0 as the mask character.

This value will never be used by code generator.

Specified by:

getMaskCharacter in interface Pattern

Returns:

0

See Also:

Pattern.getMaskCharacter()

setPatternDefinition

public void setPatternDefinition(java.lang.String patternDef)

This method sets the pattern string

Specified by:

setPatternDefinition in interface Pattern

Parameters:

patternDef - The constant string

See Also:

Pattern.setPatternDefinition(String)