edu.uky.kcr.recordlinkage.configuration
Class MatchingConfiguration

java.lang.Object
  edu.uky.kcr.recordlinkage.configuration.MatchingConfiguration

public class MatchingConfiguration
extends java.lang.Object

Describes a single matching configuration item in a LinkageConfiguration that will be used by a LinkageEngine to match records.

Author:

ihands

Constructor Summary

MatchingConfiguration(java.lang.String primaryFieldString, java.lang.String secondaryFieldName, java.lang.String method)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDateFormat()
java.lang.String	getMethod()
java.lang.String	getMissingValueDateDay()
java.lang.String	getMissingValueDateMonth()
java.lang.String	getMissingValueDateYear()
java.lang.String	getMissingValueString()
java.lang.String	getPrimaryFieldName()
java.lang.String	getSecondaryFieldName()
boolean	isDate()
void	setDate(boolean isDate)
void	setDateFormat(java.lang.String dateFormat)
void	setMethod(java.lang.String method)
void	setMissingValueDateDay(java.lang.String missingValueDateDay)
void	setMissingValueDateMonth(java.lang.String missingValueDateMonth)
void	setMissingValueDateYear(java.lang.String missingValueDateYear)
void	setMissingValueString(java.lang.String missingValueString)
void	setPrimaryFieldName(java.lang.String primaryFieldName)
void	setSecondaryFieldName(java.lang.String secondaryFieldName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MatchingConfiguration

public MatchingConfiguration(java.lang.String primaryFieldString,
                             java.lang.String secondaryFieldName,
                             java.lang.String method)

Method Detail

getPrimaryFieldName

public java.lang.String getPrimaryFieldName()

Returns:

Field name, or column name in the case of a database-backed record, for a DataSourceRecord from the primary data source in a linkage operation.

setPrimaryFieldName

public void setPrimaryFieldName(java.lang.String primaryFieldName)

Parameters:

primaryFieldName - Field name, or column name in the case of a database-backed record, for a DataSourceRecord from the primary data source in a linkage operation.

getSecondaryFieldName

public java.lang.String getSecondaryFieldName()

Returns:

Field name, or column name in the case of a database-backed record, for a DataSourceRecord from the secondary data source in a linkage operation.

setSecondaryFieldName

public void setSecondaryFieldName(java.lang.String secondaryFieldName)

Parameters:

secondaryFieldName - Field name, or column name in the case of a database-backed record, for a DataSourceRecord from the secondary data source in a linkage operation.

getMethod

public java.lang.String getMethod()

Returns:

String describing a matching method for a LinkageEngine to use to match records. This string varies according to the LinkageEngine implementation.

setMethod

public void setMethod(java.lang.String method)

Parameters:

method - String describing a matching method for a LinkageEngine to use to match records. This string varies according to the LinkageEngine implementation.

getMissingValueString

public java.lang.String getMissingValueString()

setMissingValueString

public void setMissingValueString(java.lang.String missingValueString)

isDate

public boolean isDate()

setDate

public void setDate(boolean isDate)

getDateFormat

public java.lang.String getDateFormat()

setDateFormat

public void setDateFormat(java.lang.String dateFormat)

getMissingValueDateDay

public java.lang.String getMissingValueDateDay()

setMissingValueDateDay

public void setMissingValueDateDay(java.lang.String missingValueDateDay)

getMissingValueDateMonth

public java.lang.String getMissingValueDateMonth()

setMissingValueDateMonth

public void setMissingValueDateMonth(java.lang.String missingValueDateMonth)

getMissingValueDateYear

public java.lang.String getMissingValueDateYear()

setMissingValueDateYear

public void setMissingValueDateYear(java.lang.String missingValueDateYear)