Package wt.eff.format

Class AlphaNumericUnitEffFormat

java.lang.Object

wt.eff.format.AbstractEffFormat

wt.eff.format.UnitEffFormat

wt.eff.format.AlphaNumericUnitEffFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable, EffFormat

public class AlphaNumericUnitEffFormat
extends UnitEffFormat
implements Externalizable

This format supports fixed-length effectivity statements with an optional prefix, a fixed-length numeric portion (with a max. length of 18) and an optional suffix. The prefix and suffix can contain wildcards along with any other characters - including letters, digits, special characters like dashes and so on.
This format accepts the following configurable parameters:

• length
  • Description: Enforces effectivity statements adhering to this format, to have a fixed length. This parameter represents the total length of the effectivity range values (including optional prefix and suffix). This format supports a maximum length of 18 digits for the numerical (ordinal) part of the effectivity range value. Prefixes and suffixes can be of any (fixed) length.
  • Type: Positive Integer (Number), less than 18.
  • Special Values: None
  • Required: Yes
  • Default: N/A
  • Examples: 3, 6, 8.

• prefix
  • Description: If specified, effectivity statements must have this prefix (can contain wildcards). It can consist of any character (alphabetic, numeric or special characters, except white space characters). Although wildcards are treated differently and represent a set of characters that match against them.
  • Type: String.
  • Special Values: "" representing an empty (non-existing) prefix
  • Supported Wildcards:
    • '_' : Represents a letter (a-z, A-Z) or numeric character (0-9)
    • '^' : Represents a letter (a-z, A-Z)
    • '#' : Represents a numeric character (0-9)
  • Required: No (If not specified, range values will not be verified for any prefixes)
  • Default: ""
  • Examples: "ABC", "A_C", "###", "___"

• suffix
  • Description: If specified, effectivity statements must have this suffix (can contain wildcards). It can consist of any character (alphabetic, numeric or special characters, except white space characters). Although wildcards are treated differently and represent a set of characters that match against them.
  • Type: String.
  • Special Values: "" representing an empty (non-existing) suffix
  • Supported Wildcards:
    • '_' : Represents a letter (a-z, A-Z) or numeric character (0-9)
    • '^' : Represents a letter (a-z, A-Z)
    • '#' : Represents a numeric character (0-9)
  • Required: No (If not specified, range values will not be verified for any suffixes)
  • Default: ""
  • Examples: "ABC", "A_C", "###", "___"

Thus, an effecitivity statement that adheres to this format consists of:

1. An (optional) masked* prefix.
2. A fixed-length numerical portion, that represents the ordinal value. This value is used by this format for comparisons of effectivity range values and range arithmetic. See the JavaDoc's for compareRangeValues() and supportsRangeArithmetic() for more information on these use cases.
3. An (optional) masked* suffix.

Note: It is optional to specify a prefix or a suffix for this format. The only required parameter to this format is the length. If no prefix or suffix is specified, and only the length specified, the format considers that the entire range value consists of numerical digits (fixed-length) and behaves like the Numeric Unit Effectivity Format. Both formats exist to provide flexibility in the decision of choosing an effectivity format.

(*) This format supports wildcards as part of the prefix and suffix specification. This allows users to specify a wildcard in the specification of the prefix or suffix, which is matched with certain categories of characters at runtime.
Effectivity formats in this package are driven by parameters that dictate operations they support. See the Customizer's Guide for explanation on how to specify the format a traceable business object supports along with the parameters it accepts.
Also, consult the Customizer's Guide for details on how to specify the masked character positions. As an example, the masked string "##GC-^" represents any of following effectivity range values:
98GC-A
67GC-A
76GC-D
76GC-Y



Supported API: true

Extendable: true

Since:

Windchill 9.0

See Also:

• UnitEffFormat
• EffFormat
• EffFormatService
• Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	addToRangeValue(String rangeValue, int amount, EffState state, Map<String,String> formatParams)	Supported API: true
int	compareRangeValues(String leftValue, String rightValue, EffState state, Map<String,String> formatParams)	Supported API: true
String	getDisplayDescription(Locale locale)	Supported API: true
String	getDisplayName(Locale locale)	Supported API: true
boolean	supportsRangeArithmetic()	Supported API: true
String	validateRangeValue(String rangeValue, EffState state, Map<String,String> formatParams, boolean isStartRange)	Supported API: true

Methods inherited from class wt.eff.format.AbstractEffFormat

toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName(Locale locale)

Supported API: true

Specified by:

getDisplayName in interface EffFormat

Parameters:

locale -

Returns:

String

See Also:

• wt.eff.format#getDisplayDescription()

getDisplayDescription

public String getDisplayDescription(Locale locale)

Supported API: true

Specified by:

getDisplayDescription in interface EffFormat

Parameters:

locale -

Returns:

String

See Also:

• wt.eff.format#getDisplayName()

validateRangeValue

public String validateRangeValue(String rangeValue,
 EffState state,
 Map<String,String> formatParams,
 boolean isStartRange)

Supported API: true

Specified by:

validateRangeValue in interface EffFormat

Parameters:

rangeValue -

state -

formatParams -

isStartRange -

Returns:

String

compareRangeValues

public int compareRangeValues(String leftValue,
 String rightValue,
 EffState state,
 Map<String,String> formatParams)
                       throws EffFormatException

Supported API: true

Specified by:

compareRangeValues in interface EffFormat

Parameters:

leftValue -

rightValue -

state -

formatParams -

Returns:

int

Throws:

EffFormatException

supportsRangeArithmetic

public boolean supportsRangeArithmetic()

Supported API: true

Specified by:

supportsRangeArithmetic in interface EffFormat

Overrides:

supportsRangeArithmetic in class AbstractEffFormat

Returns:

boolean

addToRangeValue

public String addToRangeValue(String rangeValue,
 int amount,
 EffState state,
 Map<String,String> formatParams)
                       throws EffFormatException

Supported API: true

Specified by:

addToRangeValue in interface EffFormat

Overrides:

addToRangeValue in class AbstractEffFormat

Parameters:

rangeValue -

amount -

state -

formatParams -

Returns:

String

Throws:

EffFormatException

See Also:

• EffFormat.supportsRangeArithmetic()