org.openlowcode.server.data.properties.constraints

Class AutonumberingRule<E extends DataObject<E>>

java.lang.Object

org.openlowcode.server.data.properties.constraints.AutonumberingRule<E>

Type Parameters:

E - the data object

public abstract class AutonumberingRule<E extends DataObject<E>>
extends java.lang.Object

an auto-numbering rule generates a string automatically from an object

Author:

Open Lowcode SAS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AutonumberingRule()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.String	generateNumber(E object) generates automatically a number
abstract int	getNumberOffset()
abstract boolean	orderedAsNumber() if number is ordered as a number (digit), then, order follows the number rank, not alphabetical (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AutonumberingRule

public AutonumberingRule()

Method Detail

generateNumber

public abstract java.lang.String generateNumber(E object)

generates automatically a number

Parameters:

object - object to generate number on

Returns:

the number as generated

orderedAsNumber

public abstract boolean orderedAsNumber()

if number is ordered as a number (digit), then, order follows the number rank, not alphabetical (e.g. N-1...,N-9,N-10,N-11). In the example, the offset is 2 characters ( 'N-' ).

Returns:

true if ordered as numbered

getNumberOffset

public abstract int getNumberOffset()

Returns:

the number of characters to discard when ordering as a number