Linkable.Utility
Class Author

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Author

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

The Author class is a utility for parsing author names into an Author structure, for returning parts of names, printing names, and testing author names for equality.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private static boolean	DEBUG
private java.lang.String	et
private java.lang.String	first
private java.lang.String	institution
private java.lang.String	jr
private java.lang.String	last
private static java.lang.String	ME
private java.util.Vector	names
private java.lang.String	von

Constructor Summary

Author(java.lang.String authorName)
Constructor Note that the constructor just creates an Author object; it does NOT add the newly constructed object to the Author database.

Method Summary

void	addSpelling(java.lang.String text)
private int	countCommas(java.lang.String s)
static Author[]	decode(java.lang.String text)
boolean	equals(Author a) equals - determines whether two authors are probably the same author.
java.lang.String	getFirstName()
java.lang.String	getJr()
java.lang.String	getLastName()
java.lang.String	getVon()
private boolean	isJr(java.lang.String s)
private boolean	merge(Author a, java.lang.String aFirstName)
private void	newLastName(java.lang.String s)
static Author	reconstruct(org.w3c.dom.Node n) rebuilds the Surrogate from a node in a DOM tree
void	setFirstName(java.lang.String text)
void	setJr(java.lang.String text)
void	setLastName(java.lang.String text)
void	setVon(java.lang.String text)
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.String	toXML(java.lang.String pad)
private char	trans(int nCommas, char state, java.lang.String s)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

names

private java.util.Vector names

first

private java.lang.String first

last

private java.lang.String last

von

private java.lang.String von

jr

private java.lang.String jr

et

private java.lang.String et

institution

private java.lang.String institution

DEBUG

private static final boolean DEBUG

ME

private static final java.lang.String ME

Constructor Detail

Author

public Author(java.lang.String authorName)

Constructor Note that the constructor just creates an Author object; it does NOT add the newly constructed object to the Author database. This is so that clients of this class can construct an Author and then see if there is already a similar one in the database.

Method Detail

setFirstName

public void setFirstName(java.lang.String text)

setVon

public void setVon(java.lang.String text)

setLastName

public void setLastName(java.lang.String text)

setJr

public void setJr(java.lang.String text)

getLastName

public java.lang.String getLastName()

getFirstName

public java.lang.String getFirstName()

getVon

public java.lang.String getVon()

getJr

public java.lang.String getJr()

equals

public boolean equals(Author a)

equals - determines whether two authors are probably the same author.

Parameters:

- - the Author to be compared with this one.

addSpelling

public void addSpelling(java.lang.String text)

decode

public static Author[] decode(java.lang.String text)

trans

private char trans(int nCommas,
                   char state,
                   java.lang.String s)

isJr

private boolean isJr(java.lang.String s)

newLastName

private void newLastName(java.lang.String s)

countCommas

private int countCommas(java.lang.String s)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

toXML

public java.lang.String toXML(java.lang.String pad)

merge

private boolean merge(Author a,
                      java.lang.String aFirstName)

reconstruct

public static Author reconstruct(org.w3c.dom.Node n)

rebuilds the Surrogate from a node in a DOM tree

Parameters:

- - the top node in the subtree containing the author