oracle.panama.spatial.intladdress
Interface IntlAddressFormat

public interface IntlAddressFormat

This interface represents a format of an address in a given country. In each country, addresses might have a different set of components. US addresses have states, while Chinese addresses have provinces. Furthermore, in each country addresses have a different syntax. The first line in a US address has the format "HouseNumber StreetName". In a German address, however, the format is "StreetName HouseNumber".

Method Summary

Type	Method
java.util.Iterator	getAddressLines() This function will return a String representation of the address format.
java.util.Iterator	getComponentNames() This function will return an Iterator of component names contained in the address format (for example {"house", "street", "city", "state", "postal code", "country"}).
java.lang.String	getFormatName()
java.lang.String	lookupAlias(java.lang.String alias)
boolean	usesComponentName(java.lang.String componentName) This function will return whether a given component name is contained in the address format (for example "state" is contained in the US address format).

Method Detail

getFormatName

public java.lang.String getFormatName()

getComponentNames

public java.util.Iterator getComponentNames()

This function will return an Iterator of component names contained in the address format (for example {"house", "street", "city", "state", "postal code", "country"}).

Returns:

an Iterator returning Strings representing the component names (not their values)

usesComponentName

public boolean usesComponentName(java.lang.String componentName)

This function will return whether a given component name is contained in the address format (for example "state" is contained in the US address format).

Returns:

an boolean specifying whether the component name is contained in the address format

getAddressLines

public java.util.Iterator getAddressLines()

This function will return a String representation of the address format. Separate address lines are given in separate Strings. Each component is represented by a place holder, such as "[state]". The address pattern for the US could look like { "[name]", "[house] [street] Apt [apt]", "[city] [state] [postal code]", "[country]" }

Returns:

an array of Strings representing the address format

lookupAlias

public java.lang.String lookupAlias(java.lang.String alias)