org.norvelle.textcite.model
Class Author

java.lang.Object
  org.norvelle.textcite.model.AbstractCitationContainer
      org.norvelle.textcite.model.Author

public class Author
extends AbstractCitationContainer

Nested Class Summary

static class

Author.AuthorConverter AuthorConverter is an inner class used for serializing Author objects via XStream.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.norvelle.textcite.model.AbstractCitationContainer

citations, citationsIds

Constructor Summary

protected	Author() A parameterless constructor, so that we can recreate a serialized Author from XML.
	Author(java.lang.String name) Construct the Author object using the name given.

Method Summary

void	destroy() Removes all Books that were associated with this Author (and therefore any of the Citations associated with the Author).
java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,Book>	getBooks()
java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,Citation>	getCitations()
int	getId()
java.lang.String	getLastName() Returns the last name of the author, if the author name is formatted in Last, First fashion; otherwise, returns the entire name.
java.lang.String	getName()
void	recreateObjectReferences() After loading a CiteBook, instead of having references to the Citations for this Author, we will have a list of IDs, which we need to turn into real object references.
void	registerBook(Book book) Marks the given Book object as being by the current Author
void	registerCitation(Citation citation) Registers the given Citation as being by the current Author.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Changing the name of an Author involves resorting the AuthorCollection, so we remove the Author from the list, then re-add it to make it sort properly under its new name.
java.lang.String	toString()
void	unregisterBook(Book book) Dissasociates a Book object from this Author.
void	unregisterCitation(Citation citation) Dissasociates a Citation object from the current Author.

Methods inherited from class org.norvelle.textcite.model.AbstractCitationContainer

restoreCitationReferences, saveCitationReferences

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Author

public Author(java.lang.String name)
       throws DuplicateRecordException

Construct the Author object using the name given. Assign a unique ID to this object. Also registers the Author with the global AuthorCollection.

Parameters:

name - The name of the author this object represents.

Throws:

DuplicateRecordException

Author

protected Author()

A parameterless constructor, so that we can recreate a serialized Author from XML. Visible only to the inner classes and derived classes.

Method Detail

registerCitation

public void registerCitation(Citation citation)

Registers the given Citation as being by the current Author.

Parameters:

citation - The Citation object to be associated with this Author.

unregisterCitation

public void unregisterCitation(Citation citation)

Dissasociates a Citation object from the current Author.

Parameters:

citation - The Citation that needs to be dissociated.

registerBook

public void registerBook(Book book)

Marks the given Book object as being by the current Author

Parameters:

book - The Book to be associated with this Author.

unregisterBook

public void unregisterBook(Book book)

Dissasociates a Book object from this Author.

Parameters:

book - The Book object to be dissasociated.

destroy

public void destroy()

Removes all Books that were associated with this Author (and therefore any of the Citations associated with the Author).

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getLastName

public java.lang.String getLastName()

Returns the last name of the author, if the author name is formatted in Last, First fashion; otherwise, returns the entire name.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)
             throws DuplicateRecordException

Changing the name of an Author involves resorting the AuthorCollection, so we remove the Author from the list, then re-add it to make it sort properly under its new name.

Parameters:

name - The new name of the Author.

Throws:

DuplicateRecordException

getBooks

public java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,Book> getBooks()

getCitations

public java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Integer,Citation> getCitations()

getId

public int getId()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

recreateObjectReferences

public void recreateObjectReferences()

After loading a CiteBook, instead of having references to the Citations for this Author, we will have a list of IDs, which we need to turn into real object references.