unidue.ub.statistics.maps

Class ShelfmarkNormalizer

java.lang.Object

unidue.ub.statistics.maps.ShelfmarkNormalizer

public class ShelfmarkNormalizer
extends java.lang.Object

Normalizes shelfmarks so that they become comparable and can be sorted

Author:

Frank Lützenkirchen

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ShelfmarkNormalizer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getNotation(java.lang.String shelfmark) returns the part of the string matching the shelfmark pattern
static boolean	isBookShelfmark(java.lang.String shelfmark) checks whether the given string is a shelfmark for books
static boolean	isJournalShelfmark(java.lang.String shelfmark) checks whether the given string is a shelfmark for journals
static java.lang.String	normalize(java.lang.String shelfmark) normalizes the shelfmarks to a common standard

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ShelfmarkNormalizer

public ShelfmarkNormalizer()

Method Detail

normalize

public static java.lang.String normalize(java.lang.String shelfmark)

normalizes the shelfmarks to a common standard

Parameters:

shelfmark - the shelfmark zo be normalized

Returns:

the normalized shelfmark

isBookShelfmark

public static boolean isBookShelfmark(java.lang.String shelfmark)

checks whether the given string is a shelfmark for books

Parameters:

shelfmark - the shelfmark to be checked

Returns:

true, if the string matches the general book shelfmark pattern

getNotation

public static java.lang.String getNotation(java.lang.String shelfmark)

returns the part of the string matching the shelfmark pattern

Parameters:

shelfmark - the shelfmark

Returns:

the found shelfmark pattern

isJournalShelfmark

public static boolean isJournalShelfmark(java.lang.String shelfmark)

checks whether the given string is a shelfmark for journals

Parameters:

shelfmark - the shelfmark to be checked

Returns:

true, if the string matches the general journal shelfmark pattern