Class StringField

src/java/simpledb/storage/StringField.java:11–118

Instance of Field that stores a single String of a fixed length.

 * Instance of Field that stores a single String of a fixed length.
 */
public class StringField implements Field {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private final String value;
	private final int maxSize;

	public String getValue() {
		return value;
	}

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 * 
	 * @param s
	 *            The value of this field.
	 * @param maxSize
	 *            The maximum size of this string
	 */
	public StringField(String s, int maxSize) {
		this.maxSize = maxSize;

		if (s.length() > maxSize)
			value = s.substring(0, maxSize);
		else
			value = s;
	}

	public String toString() {
		return value;
	}

	public int hashCode() {
		return value.hashCode();
	}

	public boolean equals(Object field) {
	    if (!(field instanceof StringField)) return false;
		return ((StringField) field).value.equals(value);
	}

	/**
	 * Write this string to dos. Always writes maxSize + 4 bytes to the passed
	 * in dos. First four bytes are string length, next bytes are string, with
	 * remainder padded with 0 to maxSize.
	 * 
	 * @param dos
	 *            Where the string is written
	 */
	public void serialize(DataOutputStream dos) throws IOException {
		String s = value;
		int overflow = maxSize - s.length();
		if (overflow < 0) {
            s = s.substring(0, maxSize);
		}
		dos.writeInt(s.length());
		dos.writeBytes(s);
		while (overflow-- > 0)