com.directmediatips.database

Class AbstractDatabaseMachine

java.lang.Object

com.directmediatips.database.AbstractDatabaseMachine

public abstract class AbstractDatabaseMachine
extends Object

Abstract super class for all the machines that require database access.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected DatabaseConnection	connection Our database connection.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractDatabaseMachine() Constructs a DatabaseMachine and initializes the connection.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the connection to the database.
String	makeASCII(String s) Replaces every character that isn't an ASCII character with a space character.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

connection

protected DatabaseConnection connection

Our database connection.

Constructor Detail

AbstractDatabaseMachine

protected AbstractDatabaseMachine()
                           throws SQLException,
                                  IOException

Constructs a DatabaseMachine and initializes the connection.

Throws:

SQLException - the SQL exception

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Close the connection to the database.

makeASCII

public String makeASCII(String s)

Replaces every character that isn't an ASCII character with a space character.

Parameters:

s - the string that may contain non-ASCII characters

Returns:

a String consisting of only ASCII characters