FixedField

java.lang.Object
- db.Field
- - db.BinaryField
  - - db.FixedField

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Field>

Direct Known Subclasses:

FixedField10
```
public abstract class FixedField
extends BinaryField
```
FixedField provides an abstract implementation of a fixed-length binary field.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class db.Field
  Field.UnsupportedFieldException

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static FixedField10 INSTANCE
- Fields inherited from class db.BinaryField
  data
- Fields inherited from class db.Field
  EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract FixedField`	`copyField()`	Create new instance of this field with the same value.
`boolean`	`isVariableLength()`
`abstract FixedField`	`newField()`	Create new instance of this field type.

Methods inherited from class db.BinaryField
compareTo, equals, getBinaryData, getValueAsString, getValueAsString, hashCode, setBinaryData, toString

Methods inherited from class db.Field
canIndex, getBooleanValue, getByteValue, getIntValue, getLongValue, getShortValue, getString, isSameType, setBooleanValue, setByteValue, setIntValue, setLongValue, setShortValue, setString

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

- Field Detail
  - INSTANCE
```
public static final FixedField10 INSTANCE
```
- Method Detail
  - isVariableLength
```
public final boolean isVariableLength()
```
    Overrides:
    
    isVariableLength in class BinaryField
    
    Returns:
    
    true if a Field instance is variable length, else false.
  - copyField
```
public abstract FixedField copyField()
```
    Description copied from class: Field
    
    Create new instance of this field with the same value.
    
    Overrides:
    
    copyField in class BinaryField
    
    Returns:
    
    new field instance with same value
  - newField
```
public abstract FixedField newField()
```
    Description copied from class: Field
    
    Create new instance of this field type.
    
    Overrides:
    
    newField in class BinaryField
    
    Returns:
    
    new field instance with undefined initial value