org.purl.sword.base
Class QualityValue

java.lang.Object
  org.purl.sword.base.QualityValue

public class QualityValue
extends Object

A representation of a quality value. The quality value must be between 0 and 1, with no more than three digits after the decimal place.

Author:

Stuart Lewis

Constructor Summary

QualityValue()
Create a quality value defaulting to 1

QualityValue(float q)
Create a quality value

Method Summary

float	getQualityValue() Get the quality value
void	setQualityValue(float q) Set the quality value.
String	toString() Get a String representation of this quality value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QualityValue

public QualityValue()
             throws NumberFormatException

Create a quality value defaulting to 1

Throws:

NumberFormatException - thrown if the quality value is invalid according to the SWORD specification

QualityValue

public QualityValue(float q)
             throws NumberFormatException

Create a quality value

Parameters:

q - The quality value

Throws:

NumberFormatException - thrown if the quality value is invalid according to the SWORD specification

Method Detail

setQualityValue

public void setQualityValue(float q)
                     throws NumberFormatException

Set the quality value.

Parameters:

q - The quality value

Throws:

NumberFormatException - thrown if the quality value is invalid according to the SWORD specification

getQualityValue

public float getQualityValue()

Get the quality value

Returns:

the quality value

toString

public String toString()

Get a String representation of this quality value

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The String representation of the quality value