File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
SBookQuery.java	API Doc	Example	2064	Tue Oct 29 13:49:56 GMT 2002	ora.jwsnut.chapter6.serializerbookservice

SBookQuery

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Methods Summary
public abstract java.lang.String	getAuthor(java.lang.String name) Get the author for a book with a given name. param name the name of the book. return the author of the book, or null if no matching book can be found.
public abstract int	getBookCount() Gets the number of books known to the service return the number of books known to the service.
public abstract BookInfo[]	getBookInfo() Gets information for all known books, in the form of an array. return an array of BookInfo objects with one entry for each book.
public abstract java.util.HashMap	getBookMap() Returns all of the books known to the book service in the form of a HashMap where the key to each entry is the book title in upper case and the value is a BookInfo object.
public abstract java.lang.String	getEditor(java.lang.String name) Gets the name of the editor for a book. param name the name of the book. return the editor of the book, or null if no matching book can be found.
public abstract double	getPrice(java.lang.String name) Gets the price of a book with a given name. If the given name does not match with a known book, a BookServiceException is thrown. param name the name of the book. return the price of the book.