org.crosswire.jsword.book.basic
Class AbstractBookDriver

java.lang.Object
  org.crosswire.jsword.book.basic.AbstractBookDriver

All Implemented Interfaces:

BookDriver, BookProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

ReadingsBookDriver, SwordBookDriver

public abstract class AbstractBookDriver
extends Object
implements BookDriver

The AbstractBookDriver class implements some BibleDriver methods, making a simple read-only BibleDriver.

Author:

Joe Walker

See Also:

The GNU Lesser General Public License for details.

Constructor Summary

AbstractBookDriver()

Method Summary

Book	create(Book source) Create a new Book based on a source.
void	delete(Book dead) Delete this Book from the system.
Book	getFirstBook() Provide the first book.
boolean	isDeletable(Book dead) Is this book able to be deleted.
boolean	isWritable() Is this name capable of creating writing data in the correct format as well as reading it?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.crosswire.jsword.book.BookDriver

getDriverName

Methods inherited from interface org.crosswire.jsword.book.BookProvider

getBooks

Constructor Detail

AbstractBookDriver

public AbstractBookDriver()

Method Detail

isWritable

public boolean isWritable()

Description copied from interface: BookDriver

Is this name capable of creating writing data in the correct format as well as reading it?

Specified by:

isWritable in interface BookDriver

Returns:

true/false to indicate ability to write data

create

public Book create(Book source)
            throws BookException

Description copied from interface: BookDriver

Create a new Book based on a source.

Specified by:

create in interface BookDriver

Parameters:

source - The Book from which to copy data

Returns:

The new WritableBible

Throws:

BookException - If the name is not valid

isDeletable

public boolean isDeletable(Book dead)

Description copied from interface: BookDriver

Is this book able to be deleted.

Specified by:

isDeletable in interface BookDriver

Parameters:

dead - the book to be deleted

Returns:

whether the book can be deleted.

delete

public void delete(Book dead)
            throws BookException

Description copied from interface: BookDriver

Delete this Book from the system. Take care with this method for obvious reasons. For most implementations of Book etc, this method will throw up because most will be read-only.

Specified by:

delete in interface BookDriver

Parameters:

dead - the book to be deleted

Throws:

BookException - If the Book can't be deleted.

getFirstBook

public Book getFirstBook()

Description copied from interface: BookProvider

Provide the first book.

Specified by:

getFirstBook in interface BookProvider

Returns:

the first book