jxl.biff
Class WritableRecordData

java.lang.Object
  jxl.biff.RecordData
      jxl.biff.WritableRecordData

All Implemented Interfaces:

ByteData

Direct Known Subclasses:

CellValue, ContinueRecord, FontRecord, FormatRecord, HyperlinkRecord, MergedCellsRecord, MsoDrawingGroupRecord, MsoDrawingRecord, NoteRecord, ObjRecord, PaletteRecord, TextObjectRecord, WorkspaceInformationRecord, XFRecord

public abstract class WritableRecordData

extends RecordData

implements ByteData

Extension of the standard RecordData which is used to support those records which, once read, may also be written

Field Summary

protected static int

maxRecordLength The maximum length allowed by Excel for any record length

Constructor Summary

protected	WritableRecordData(Record t) Constructor used when reading a record
protected	WritableRecordData(Type t) Constructor used by the writable records

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Used when writing out records.
protected abstract byte[]	getData() Abstract method called by the getBytes method.

Methods inherited from class jxl.biff.RecordData

getCode, getRecord

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

maxRecordLength

protected static final int maxRecordLength

The maximum length allowed by Excel for any record length

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

WritableRecordData

protected WritableRecordData(Type t)

Constructor used by the writable records

Parameters:

t - the biff type of this record

WritableRecordData

protected WritableRecordData(Record t)

Constructor used when reading a record

Parameters:

t - the raw data read from the biff file

Method Detail

getBytes

public final byte[] getBytes()

Used when writing out records. This portion of the method handles the biff code and the length of the record and appends on the data retrieved from the subclasses

Specified by:

getBytes in interface ByteData

Returns:

the full record data to be written out to the compound file

getData

protected abstract byte[] getData()

Abstract method called by the getBytes method. Subclasses implement this method to incorporate their specific binary data - excluding the biff code and record length, which is handled by this class

Returns:

subclass specific biff data