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package gov.nist.javax.sdp.fields;
/**
* Placeholder root class for SDP headers.
*
*@version 1.2
*
*@author M. Ranganathan
*
*
*
*/
public abstract class SDPField extends SDPObject {
protected String fieldName;
public abstract String encode();
protected SDPField(String hname) {
fieldName = hname;
}
public String getFieldName() {
return fieldName;
}
/** Returns the type character for the field.
* @return the type character for the field.
*/
public char getTypeChar() {
if (fieldName == null)
return '\0';
else
return fieldName.charAt(0);
}
public SDPField() {
}
public String toString() {
return this.encode();
}
}