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Class semper.commerce.Description 

java.lang.Object
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   +----semper.commerce.Description
public final class Description
extends Object
implements Serializable
This class encapsulates the textual description of a transaction. Each transaction is described by a free format textual description that will be inspected by the user and signed if the transaction type requires signatures. The description is generated by the business application based on the transaction attributes and the context in which the transaction is done.

Implementation note: Care must be taken when modifying this class. It must be impossible for a business application to alter the transaction after it has been inspected and authorised by the user.

Version:
$Id: Description.java,v 1.4 1998/08/24 11:35:34 semper Exp $
Author:
Rolf Michelsen, Stig Mj�lsnes
See Also:
Transaction

Constructor Index

o Description(String, String)
Creates a transaction description.

Method Index

o getBody()
Returns the body of the transaction description.
o getHeader()
Returns the header of the transaction description.
o toString()
Returns a string representation of this object.

Constructors

o Description 
 public Description(String header,
                    String body)
Creates a transaction description. The description header and body must be supplied.

Implementation note: This method utilisies the fact that String objects are immutable. This ensures that the description cannot be altered by manipulating the header and body objects after having passed them to this method.

Parameters:
header - A one line transaction header.
body - A detailed description of the transaction.

Methods

o getHeader 
 public final String getHeader()
Returns the header of the transaction description.

Returns:
The transaction description header.
o getBody 
 public final String getBody()
Returns the body of the transaction description.

Returns:
The transaction description body.
o toString 
 public final String toString()
Returns a string representation of this object. This string is just the description header. The methods getHeader and getBody are more apropriate for converting the description to a string.

Returns:
A string representation of the description object.
Overrides:
toString in class Object
See Also:
getHeader, getBody 
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