com.bmc.arsys.api
Class CharacterField

java.lang.Object
  com.bmc.arsys.api.ObjectBase
      com.bmc.arsys.api.Field
          com.bmc.arsys.api.CharacterField

All Implemented Interfaces:

IARPersistentObject, Serializable, Cloneable

public class CharacterField
extends Field
implements Serializable

Character Field is one of the data field which contains character data. Character fields are useful when there is significant variation in the field contents or length of the content; for example, descriptive text, names of people, addresses, and keywords.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CharacterField()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Use this method for checking equality between the current object and the provided one.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code value for this instance of the current class.

Methods inherited from class com.bmc.arsys.api.Field

clear, clone, getAssignedGroup, getAuditOption, getCreateMode, getDataType, getDefaultValue, getDisplayInstance, getFieldID, getFieldLimit, getFieldMap, getFieldOption, getFieldType, getForm, getKey, getObjectProperty, getReservedIDOK, getSetFieldOptions, isCoreField, isCoreFieldId, isGroupField, isGroupField, isGroupList, isGroupList, isMultiAssignField, isMultiAssignField, isRoleStateMappingField, isRoleStateMappingField, isRowLevelAccessField, isRowLevelAccessField, optionSet, setAuditOption, setCreateMode, setDefaultValue, setDisplayInstance, setFieldID, setFieldLimit, setFieldMap, setFieldOption, SetFieldOptionsSet, setForm, setKey, setObjectProperty, setPermissions, setReservedIDOK, setSetFieldOptions, toString

Methods inherited from class com.bmc.arsys.api.ObjectBase

appendDiaryText, getChangeFlags, getDiary, getHelpText, getLastChangedBy, getLastUpdateTime, getName, getNewName, getOwner, getPermissions, setChangeFlags, setDiary, setDiary, setHelpText, setLastChangedBy, setName, setNewName, setOwner

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CharacterField

public CharacterField()

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Use this method for checking equality between the current object and the provided one. The result is true only if the argument is not null, is of the same type and represents the same content.

Overrides:

equals in class Field

Parameters:

obj - the object that we are comparing to

Returns:

returns a boolean that tells if the two objects equal

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this instance of the current class. This method is supported as required by the general contract of Object.hashCode, for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by java.util.Hashtable.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Field

Returns:

returns the hash code for this instance