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

com.sas.iquery.metadata.serverprop.formats.SASFormatCategory

All Implemented Interfaces:

LocalizableNamedObjectInterface, NamedObjectInterface, com.sas.util.LocalizableToStringInterface

public abstract class SASFormatCategory
implements LocalizableNamedObjectInterface, com.sas.util.LocalizableToStringInterface

Contains SAS Format Categories. Only one instance of each format category will exist in the entire application. This is an enumeration class. Thus "==" is valid for comparing these objects.

Field Summary

static SASFormatCategory	CHARACTER_CATEGORY Fast access to Character SAS format
static java.lang.String	CHARACTER_FORMAT Indication of character format
static SASFormatCategory	CURRENCY_CONVERSION_CATEGORY Fast access to Currency SAS format
static java.lang.String	CURRENCY_CONVERSION_FORMAT Indication of Currency format
static SASFormatCategory	DATE_TIME_CATEGORY Fast access to DataTime SAS format
static java.lang.String	DATE_TIME_FORMAT Indication of DataTime format
static SASFormatCategory	NUMERIC_CATEGORY Fast access to Numeric SAS format
static java.lang.String	NUMERIC_FORMAT Indication of numeric format
static SASFormatCategory	USER_DEFINED_CATEGORY Fast access to a SAS User defined format
static java.lang.String	USER_DEFINED_FORMAT Indication of a User defined format

Constructor Summary

SASFormatCategory()

Method Summary

static SASFormatCategory[]	getAllCategories()
static SASFormatCategory	getCategory(java.lang.String typeName) Returns a SASFormatCategory given a type

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.iquery.metadata.LocalizableNamedObjectInterface

getDescription, getDescriptions, getLabel, getLabels

Methods inherited from interface com.sas.iquery.metadata.NamedObjectInterface

getDescription, getLabel

Field Detail

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CHARACTER_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String CHARACTER_FORMAT

Indication of character format

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NUMERIC_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String NUMERIC_FORMAT

Indication of numeric format

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DATE_TIME_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String DATE_TIME_FORMAT

Indication of DataTime format

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CURRENCY_CONVERSION_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String CURRENCY_CONVERSION_FORMAT

Indication of Currency format

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USER_DEFINED_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String USER_DEFINED_FORMAT

Indication of a User defined format

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CHARACTER_CATEGORY

public static final SASFormatCategory CHARACTER_CATEGORY

Fast access to Character SAS format

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NUMERIC_CATEGORY

public static final SASFormatCategory NUMERIC_CATEGORY

Fast access to Numeric SAS format

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DATE_TIME_CATEGORY

public static final SASFormatCategory DATE_TIME_CATEGORY

Fast access to DataTime SAS format

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CURRENCY_CONVERSION_CATEGORY

public static final SASFormatCategory CURRENCY_CONVERSION_CATEGORY

Fast access to Currency SAS format

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USER_DEFINED_CATEGORY

public static final SASFormatCategory USER_DEFINED_CATEGORY

Fast access to a SAS User defined format

Constructor Detail

SASFormatCategory

public SASFormatCategory()

Method Detail

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getAllCategories

public static final SASFormatCategory[] getAllCategories()

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getCategory

public static SASFormatCategory getCategory(java.lang.String typeName)

Returns a SASFormatCategory given a type

Parameters:

typeName - for example, SASFormatCategory.CHARACTER_FORMAT (any type defined in SASFormatCategory)

Returns:

a SASFormatCategory representing the type null if the typeName is not valid

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