edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.Message

Direct Known Subclasses:

ErrorMessage, InfoMessage

public abstract class Message
extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates a String to be displayed.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	_message Message text.
protected long	_offset Byte offset to which message applies.
protected java.lang.String	_subMessage Additional information.
static long	NULL Value indicating a null offset.

Constructor Summary

protected	Message(java.lang.String message) Create a Message.
protected	Message(java.lang.String message, long offset) Create a Message.
protected	Message(java.lang.String message, java.lang.String subMessage) Create a Message.
protected	Message(java.lang.String message, java.lang.String subMessage, long offset) Create a Message.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getMessage() Get the message string.
long	getOffset() Return the offset to which the information is related.
java.lang.String	getSubMessage() Get the submessage string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NULL

public static final long NULL

Value indicating a null offset.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

_message

protected java.lang.String _message

Message text.

_subMessage

protected java.lang.String _subMessage

Additional information.

_offset

protected long _offset

Byte offset to which message applies.

Constructor Detail

Message

protected Message(java.lang.String message)

Create a Message. This constructor cannot be invoked directly, since Message is abstract.

Parameters:

message - Human-readable string.

Message

protected Message(java.lang.String message,
                  java.lang.String subMessage)

Create a Message. This constructor cannot be invoked directly, since Message is abstract. The second argument adds secondary details to the primary message; the message will typically be displayed in the form "message:subMessage".

Parameters:

message - Human-readable string.

subMessage - Human-readable additional information.

Message

protected Message(java.lang.String message,
                  long offset)

Create a Message. This constructor cannot be invoked directly, since Message is abstract. The second argument adds secondary details to the primary message; the message will typically be displayed in the form "message:subMessage".

Parameters:

message - Human-readable string.

offset - Byte offset associated with the message.

Message

protected Message(java.lang.String message,
                  java.lang.String subMessage,
                  long offset)

Create a Message. This constructor cannot be invoked directly, since Message is abstract. The second argument adds secondary details to the primary message; the message will typically be displayed in the form "message:subMessage".

Parameters:

message - Human-readable string.

subMessage - Human-readable additional information.

offset - Byte offset associated with the message.

Method Detail

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Get the message string.

getSubMessage

public java.lang.String getSubMessage()

Get the submessage string.

getOffset

public long getOffset()

Return the offset to which the information is related.