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oEdtk-2.1131
/ oEdtk::Field

NAME

oEdtk::Field - abstract base class for fixed-width record fields

SYNOPSIS

use base 'oEdtk::Field';

my $field = oEdtk::Field->new('NAME', 10);
print $field->get_name, "\n";
print $field->process('value'), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

The root of the field hierarchy used to describe the fixed-width records of an Infinite flux. A field carries a name and a byte length and knows how to turn the raw slice handed to it by oEdtk::Record into a display value. The base class returns the slice unchanged; subclasses (oEdtk::AddrField, oEdtk::DateField, oEdtk::FPField, oEdtk::SignedField) override "process".

METHODS

new

my $field = oEdtk::Field->new($name, $len);

Construct a field of name $name and byte length $len.

process

my $value = $field->process($data);

Return the display value for the raw slice $data. The base implementation is the identity; subclasses override it.

get_name

my $name = $field->get_name;

Return the field name.

set_name

$field->set_name($name);

Set the field name.

get_len

my $len = $field->get_len;

Return the field byte length.

AUTHOR

The oEdtk team.