com.antelmann.cddb
Class Artist

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.cddb.Resource
      com.antelmann.cddb.Artist

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Resource>

public class Artist
extends Resource

Artist is an individual contributor to a composition and offers additional attributes applicable to a person. The Artist class offers some additional attributes over the standard resource and allows customized ordering.

Author:

Holger Antelmann

See Also:

Role, Composition, Group, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

Artist.Gender

Constructor Summary

Artist(String name)

Artist(String name, String description)

Artist(String name, String description, Artist.Gender gender)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Artist a) uses sortName if not null and name otherwise; if the object is equal, however, 0 is returned to provide consistency
Artist.Gender	getGender() can be either MALE, FEMALE or UNKNOWN
String	getSortName()
void	setGender(Artist.Gender gender) can be either MALE, FEMALE or UNKNOWN
void	setSortName(String sortName) the sortName can be used to provide an ordering different from the name of the artist.

Methods inherited from class com.antelmann.cddb.Resource

compareTo, equals, getDescription, getName, hashCode, setDescription, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Artist

public Artist(String name)

Artist

public Artist(String name,
              String description)

Artist

public Artist(String name,
              String description,
              Artist.Gender gender)

Method Detail

getSortName

public String getSortName()

See Also:

setSortName(String)

setSortName

public void setSortName(String sortName)

the sortName can be used to provide an ordering different from the name of the artist. E.g. if the name of the artist were "John Williams" and you wanted him to be filed under "Williams, John", you can use the latter as the sortName.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Artist a)

uses sortName if not null and name otherwise; if the object is equal, however, 0 is returned to provide consistency

See Also:

setSortName(String)

getGender

public Artist.Gender getGender()

can be either MALE, FEMALE or UNKNOWN

setGender

public void setGender(Artist.Gender gender)

can be either MALE, FEMALE or UNKNOWN