/**
* Copyright (c) 2001, Keith Wong
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
* and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
* including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
* sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software
* is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
* substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
* BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
* DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package mypackage;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* This class holds all the postcode functions.
*
* @author Keith Wong
*/
public class PostCodeDomain
{
/**
* This is a stub variable, in a real application you would retrieve
* these details from a database or some permanent data store.
*/
private static HashMap m_hmPostCodes = new HashMap();
static
{
// this is for code is for the sole purpose of the example
// we are going to retrieve customers from this hash-map, not a database
m_hmPostCodes.put("2000", new PostCode("2000", "SYDNEY", "NEW SOUTH WALES"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("3000", new PostCode("3000", "MELBOURNE", "VICTORIA"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("4000", new PostCode("4000", "BRISBANE", "QUEENSLAND"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("5000", new PostCode("5000", "ADELAIDE", "SOUTH AUSTRALIA"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("6000", new PostCode("6000", "PERTH", "WESTERN AUSTRALIA"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("7000", new PostCode("7000", "HOBART", "TASMANIA"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("0800", new PostCode("0800", "DARWIN", "NORTHERN TERRITORY"));
m_hmPostCodes.put("2600", new PostCode("2600", "CANBERRA", "AUST. CAPITAL TERRITORY"));
} // end static block
/**
* Retrieves a PostCode from the database given the primary key.
* @param sPostCode the primary key
* @return the PostCode object
*/
public static final PostCode retrievePostCodeDetails(String sPostCode)
{
// stub implementation... just retrieves from the hash map!
return (PostCode)m_hmPostCodes.get(sPostCode);
} // end retrievePostCodeDetails
} // end class