pop.data
Class FertilityFile

java.lang.Object
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public class FertilityFile

extends java.lang.Object

implements FertilityFactory

Creates Fertility objects from files on disk.

See Also:

FertilityFactory, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

FertilityFile(java.lang.String name)
Constructor to open and read a named file.

Method Summary

PopulationCharacteristics	get_characteristics(int category) Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category.
PopulationCharacteristics	get_characteristics(java.lang.String category) Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category.
Fertility	get_fertility(int category) Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category.
Fertility	get_fertility(java.lang.String category) Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category.
boolean	ready() Simply returns true at present.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FertilityFile

public FertilityFile(java.lang.String name)

Constructor to open and read a named file. preconditions: file exists, and data in the file are organized as plain text in rows and columns (the number of rows must be >= (the number of age groups in the current model, plus one), and each row must contain as many values as the number of population categories in the current model.

Parameters:

name - - the name of the file.

Method Detail

get_fertility

public Fertility get_fertility(int category)

Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category. precondition: category is valid.

Specified by:

get_fertility in interface FertilityFactory

get_fertility

public Fertility get_fertility(java.lang.String category)

Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category. precondition: category is valid.

Specified by:

get_fertility in interface FertilityFactory

get_characteristics

public PopulationCharacteristics get_characteristics(int category)

Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category. precondition: category is valid.

get_characteristics

public PopulationCharacteristics get_characteristics(java.lang.String category)

Returns a new Fertility object for the indicated population category. precondition: category is valid.

ready

public boolean ready()

Simply returns true at present.