postalcode
Class BritishPostalCode

java.lang.Object
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public class BritishPostalCode

extends PostalCode

This class is a subclass of PostalCode used to deal with British postal codes.

Fields inherited from class postalcode.PostalCode

code, destination, hasBeenValidated, isValid

Constructor Summary

BritishPostalCode(java.lang.String code)
Constructs an instance of a British postal code object.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCountry() This method will return the country of origin of the postal code.
protected void	validate() This method will verify the validity of the postal code.

Methods inherited from class postalcode.PostalCode

getCode, getDestination, isValid, setDestination, throwException, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BritishPostalCode

public BritishPostalCode(java.lang.String code)
                  throws PostalCodeException

Constructs an instance of a British postal code object.

Parameters:

code - The code to be analysed.

Method Detail

getCountry

public java.lang.String getCountry()

This method will return the country of origin of the postal code.

Returns:

A String containing the country of origin of this code.

Overrides:

getCountry in class PostalCode

validate

protected void validate()
                 throws PostalCodeException

This method will verify the validity of the postal code.

Throws:

PostalCodeException - If the code is found to be invalid.

Overrides:

validate in class PostalCode