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An easy to use Application Programming Interface (API) for working with MARC and MARCXML in Java.
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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Bas Peters
 *
 * This file is part of MARC4J
 *
 * MARC4J is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * MARC4J is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with MARC4J; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package org.marc4j.marc;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Represents a record label in a MARC record.
 * 
 * @author Bas Peters
 */
public interface Leader extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Sets the identifier. The purpose of this identifier is to provide an
     * identifier for persistency.
     * 
     * @param id the identifier
     */
    public void setId(Long id);

    /**
     * Returns the identifier.
     * 
     * @return Long - the identifier
     */
    public Long getId();

    /**
     * Sets the logical record length (positions 00-04).
     * 
     * @param recordLength integer representing the record length
     */
    public void setRecordLength(int recordLength);

    /**
     * Sets the record status (position 05).
     * 
     * @param recordStatus character representing the record status
     */
    public void setRecordStatus(char recordStatus);

    /**
     * Sets the type of record (position 06).
     * 
     * @param typeOfRecord character representing the type of record
     */
    public void setTypeOfRecord(char typeOfRecord);

    /**
     * Sets implementation defined values (position 07-08).
     * 
     * @param implDefined1 character array representing the implementation
     *        defined data
     */
    public void setImplDefined1(char[] implDefined1);

    /**
     * Sets the character encoding scheme (position 09).
     * 
     * @param charCodingScheme character representing the character encoding
     */
    public void setCharCodingScheme(char charCodingScheme);

    /**
     * Sets the indicator count (position 10).
     * 
     * @param indicatorCount integer representing the number of indicators
     *        present in a data field
     */
    public void setIndicatorCount(int indicatorCount);

    /**
     * Sets the subfield code length (position 11).
     * 
     * @param subfieldCodeLength integer representing the subfield code length
     */
    public void setSubfieldCodeLength(int subfieldCodeLength);

    /**
     * Sets the base address of data (positions 12-16).
     * 
     * @param baseAddressOfData integer representing the base address of data
     */
    public void setBaseAddressOfData(int baseAddressOfData);

    /**
     * Sets implementation defined values (positions 17-19).
     * 
     * @param implDefined2 character array representing the implementation
     *        defined data
     */
    public void setImplDefined2(char[] implDefined2);

    /**
     * Sets the entry map (positions 20-23).
     * 
     * @param entryMap character array representing the entry map
     */
    public void setEntryMap(char[] entryMap);

    /**
     * Returns the logical record length (positions 00-04).
     * 
     * @return int- the record length
     */
    public int getRecordLength();

    /**
     * Returns the record status (positions 05).
     * 
     * @return char- the record status
     */
    public char getRecordStatus();

    /**
     * Returns the record type (position 06).
     * 
     * @return char- the record type
     */
    public char getTypeOfRecord();

    /**
     * Returns implementation defined values (positions 07-08).
     * 
     * @return char[]- implementation defined values
     */
    public char[] getImplDefined1();

    /**
     * Returns the character coding scheme (position 09).
     * 
     * @return char- the character coding scheme
     */
    public char getCharCodingScheme();

    /**
     * Returns the indicator count (positions 10).
     * 
     * @return int- the indicator count
     */
    public int getIndicatorCount();

    /**
     * Returns the subfield code length (position 11).
     * 
     * @return int- the subfield code length
     */
    public int getSubfieldCodeLength();

    /**
     * Returns the base address of data (positions 12-16).
     * 
     * @return int- the base address of data
     */
    public int getBaseAddressOfData();

    /**
     * Returns implementation defined values (positions 17-19).
     * 
     * @return char[]- implementation defined values
     */
    public char[] getImplDefined2();

    /**
     * Returns the entry map (positions 20-23).
     * 
     * @return char[]- the entry map
     */
    public char[] getEntryMap();

    /**
     * 
     * Creates a leader object from a string object.
     * 
     * 
     * Indicator count and subfield code length are defaulted to 2 if they are
     * not integer values.
     * 
     * 
     * @param ldr the leader
     */
    public void unmarshal(String ldr);

    /**
     * Creates a string object from this leader object.
     * 
     * @return String - the string object from this leader object
     */
    public String marshal();

}