postalcode
Class CanadianPostalCode

java.lang.Object
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        +--postalcode.CanadianPostalCode

public class CanadianPostalCode

extends PostalCode

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

Fields inherited from class postalcode.PostalCode

code, destination, hasBeenValidated, isValid

Constructor Summary

CanadianPostalCode(java.lang.String code)
Constructs a Canadian postal code object.

Method Summary

private java.lang.String	computeDestination() This method will return the destination of the postal code.
java.lang.String	getCountry() Returns the country of origin of the code.
protected void	validate() This method will verifiy 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

CanadianPostalCode

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

Constructs a Canadian postal code object.

Parameters:

code - The code to be analysed.

Method Detail

getCountry

public java.lang.String getCountry()

Returns the country of origin of the code.

Returns:

A String containing the country of origin of the code.

Overrides:

getCountry in class PostalCode

validate

protected void validate()
                 throws PostalCodeException

This method will verifiy the validity of the postal code.

Throws:

PostalCodeException - If the code is found to be invalid.

Overrides:

validate in class PostalCode

computeDestination

private java.lang.String computeDestination()
                                     throws PostalCodeException

This method will return the destination of the postal code.

Throws:

PostalCodeException - If the code has an invalid letter to indicate a destination.