ColumnBuilder (ciftools-java 0.7.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.rcsb.cif.model.builder.ColumnBuilder<P>

Type Parameters:

P - type of the parent builder, so that upon leaving the concrete instance can be provided (rather than a generic category builder)

Direct Known Subclasses:

FloatColumnBuilder, IntColumnBuilder, StrColumnBuilder
```
public abstract class ColumnBuilder<P extends CategoryBuilder>
extends Object
```
Shared functionality of column building instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Column`	`build()`	Build this instance, ignoring parent information.
`abstract P`	`leaveColumn()`	Leave this column and return to the parent builder.
`abstract ColumnBuilder<P>`	`markNextNotPresent()`	Values in CifFile instances can be present, not present (.), or unknown (?).
`abstract ColumnBuilder<P>`	`markNextUnknown()`	Values in CifFile instances can be present, not present (.), or unknown (?).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - markNextNotPresent
```
public abstract ColumnBuilder<P> markNextNotPresent()
```
    Values in CifFile instances can be present, not present (.), or unknown (?). Stores an empty value in the value list and marks this row as not present.
    
    Returns:
    
    this builder instance
  - markNextUnknown
```
public abstract ColumnBuilder<P> markNextUnknown()
```
    Values in CifFile instances can be present, not present (.), or unknown (?). Stores an empty value in the value list and marks this row as unknown.
    
    Returns:
    
    this builder instance
  - build
```
public abstract Column build()
```
    Build this instance, ignoring parent information.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Column
  - leaveColumn
```
public abstract P leaveColumn()
```
    Leave this column and return to the parent builder.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent builder