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com.sas.iquery.metadata.serverprop.formats
Class SASFormatDescriptionUtil

com.sas.iquery.metadata.serverprop.formats.SASFormatDescriptionUtil

public class SASFormatDescriptionUtil

Performs a series of getters on SAS specific format description. This is a helper class.

Constructor Summary

SASFormatDescriptionUtil()

Method Summary

static SASFormatAttributes	getFormatAttributes(java.lang.String formatString) Given a SASFormat String, this method will return a SASFormatAttributes object with the format string's attributes like the base format name, width etc.
static SASFormatDescription	getFormatDescription(java.lang.String baseFormatName) Get a SASFormatDescription for a base format name.
static SASFormatDescription	getFormatDescription(java.lang.String baseFormatName, java.util.Locale locale) Get a SASFormatDescription for a base format name.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc) Returns the given format description as a String.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc, int width) Returns the format description as a String based the SASFormatDescription and width.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc, int width, int decimalWidth) Returns format description as a String based on the SASFormatDescription, width and decimal width.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName) Returns the format description as a String for the given base format name.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName, int width) Returns format description as a String based on the base format name and width.
static java.lang.String	getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName, int width, int decimalWidth) Returns format description as a String based on the base format name, width, and decimal width.
static java.util.List<SASFormatDescription>	getFormatsByType(SASFormatCategory type, BusinessModel model, java.util.Locale locale) Visits the appropriate server for this business model and retrieves all the formats for the given type.
static java.util.List<SASFormatDescription>	getUserDefinedFormats(BusinessModel model, java.util.Locale locale) Visits the appropriate server for this business model and retrieves all user defined formats.
static boolean	isFormatUserDefined(java.lang.String format, BusinessModel model, java.util.Locale locale) Tests the format to see if it is user defined.

Constructor Detail

SASFormatDescriptionUtil

public SASFormatDescriptionUtil()

Method Detail

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getFormatDescription

public static SASFormatDescription getFormatDescription(java.lang.String baseFormatName)

Get a SASFormatDescription for a base format name.

Parameters:

baseFormatName - base format name e.g $ASCII

Returns:

SASFormatDescription null if not found for this base format name

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getFormatDescription

public static SASFormatDescription getFormatDescription(java.lang.String baseFormatName,
                                                        java.util.Locale locale)

Get a SASFormatDescription for a base format name.

Parameters:

baseFormatName - base format name e.g $ASCII

Returns:

SASFormatDescription null if not found for this base format name

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getFormatAttributes

public static SASFormatAttributes getFormatAttributes(java.lang.String formatString)
                                               throws SASFormatException

Given a SASFormat String, this method will return a SASFormatAttributes object with the format string's attributes like the base format name, width etc.

Parameters:

formatString - a SASFormatString e.g. $ASCII22.2

Returns:

SASFormatAttributes containing the attributes

Throws:

SASFormatException - in case of any error

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName)

Returns the format description as a String for the given base format name.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc)

Returns the given format description as a String.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName,
                                                          int width)

Returns format description as a String based on the base format name and width.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII.12.0

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc,
                                                          int width)

Returns the format description as a String based the SASFormatDescription and width.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII22.0

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(java.lang.String baseFormatName,
                                                          int width,
                                                          int decimalWidth)

Returns format description as a String based on the base format name, width, and decimal width.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII22.2

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getFormatDescriptionString

public static java.lang.String getFormatDescriptionString(SASFormatDescription desc,
                                                          int width,
                                                          int decimalWidth)

Returns format description as a String based on the SASFormatDescription, width and decimal width.

Returns:

the format description as a String e.g $ASCII22.2

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isFormatUserDefined

public static boolean isFormatUserDefined(java.lang.String format,
                                          BusinessModel model,
                                          java.util.Locale locale)
                                   throws SASFormatException

Tests the format to see if it is user defined. Each time this method is called, we connect to the appropriate server for this business model and retrieves all user defined formats. Check for User defined format is done only for relational business model at this point of time, OLAP is not supported.

Parameters:

format - Input format. This can be of the form BEST or BEST12.2

model - The business model

locale - The users locale

Returns:

True if the format is a user defined format

Throws:

SASFormatException

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getUserDefinedFormats

public static java.util.List<SASFormatDescription> getUserDefinedFormats(BusinessModel model,
                                                                         java.util.Locale locale)
                                                                  throws SASFormatException

Visits the appropriate server for this business model and retrieves all user defined formats. If an OLAP business model is given, an empty list will be returned.

Parameters:

model - The business model

locale - The users locale

Returns:

List of user defined formats. An empty list is found if none are found.

Throws:

SASFormatException

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getFormatsByType

public static java.util.List<SASFormatDescription> getFormatsByType(SASFormatCategory type,
                                                                    BusinessModel model,
                                                                    java.util.Locale locale)
                                                             throws SASFormatException

Visits the appropriate server for this business model and retrieves all the formats for the given type.

Parameters:

model - The business model

locale - The users locale

Returns:

List of formats of that type specified. An empty list is found if none are found.

Throws:

SASFormatException

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