com.ancientprogramming.fixedformat4j.annotation
Annotation Type Field

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface Field

This annotation descibes how a setter/getter pairs should be formatted by the fixedFormatManager.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Jacob von Eyben - http://www.ancientprogramming.com

Required Element Summary

int	length The length of the formatted field
int	offset A one based offset to insert data at in a record.

Optional Element Summary

Align	align
java.lang.Class<? extends FixedFormatter>	formatter
char	paddingChar The character to pad with if the length is longer than the formatted data

Element Detail

offset

public abstract int offset

A one based offset to insert data at in a record.

Returns:

the offset as an int

length

public abstract int length

The length of the formatted field

Returns:

the length as an int

align

public abstract Align align

Returns:

The direction of the padding. Defaults to Align.RIGHT.

Default:

LEFT

paddingChar

public abstract char paddingChar

The character to pad with if the length is longer than the formatted data

Returns:

the padding character

Default:

32

formatter

public abstract java.lang.Class<? extends FixedFormatter> formatter

Default:

com.ancientprogramming.fixedformat4j.format.impl.ByTypeFormatter.class