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import org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.DataType;

    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DbaseFieldDescriptor.class);

    public static final char DBFTYPE_STRING = 'C';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_NUMBER = 'N';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_FLOAT = 'F';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_DATE = 'D';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_BOOLEAN = 'L';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_LONG = 'l';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_DOUBLE = 'O';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_TIMESTAMP = '@';

    public static final char DBFTYPE_AUTOINCREMENT = '+';

    public static final int MAX_SIZE = 254;

    public static final int MAX_NUMBER_SIZE = 20;

    // Field Name

    private String name;

    private String name_trim;

    // Field Type (C N L D F or M)

    private char type;

    // Field Data Address offset from the start of the record.

    private int offsetInRecord;

    // Length of the data in bytes

    private int size;

    private int scale;

    public String getName() {

        return this.name.trim();

    }

    public int getSize() {

        return this.size;

    }

    public int getScale() {

        return this.scale;

    }

    public int getPrecision() {

        switch (this.getType()) {

            case DBFTYPE_FLOAT:

            case DBFTYPE_NUMBER:

                if (this.scale < 1) {

                    return this.size; // -XXX (ignoramos el signo)

                } else {

                    return this.size - 2; // -0.XXX (ignoramos el signo)

                }

        return 0;

    public char getType() {

        return this.type;

    }

    public int getOffsetInRecord() {

        return this.offsetInRecord;

    }

    public String getName_trim() {

        return name_trim;

    }

    public void setName(String name) {

        this.name = name;

    }

    public void setName_trim(String name_trim) {

        this.name_trim = name_trim;

    }

    public void setType(char type) throws AttributeFeatureTypeNotSuportedException {

        switch (type) {

            case DBFTYPE_NUMBER:

            case DBFTYPE_FLOAT:

            case DBFTYPE_STRING:

            case DBFTYPE_DATE:

            case DBFTYPE_BOOLEAN:

                this.type = type;

                break;

            case 'c':

                this.type = DBFTYPE_STRING;

                break;

            case 'S':

            case 's':

                warn("Field type for " + name + " set to S which is flat out wrong people!, I am setting this to C, in the hopes you meant character.");

                this.type = DBFTYPE_STRING;

                break;

            case 'd':

                this.type = DBFTYPE_DATE;

                break;

            case 'f':

                this.type = DBFTYPE_FLOAT;

                break;

            case 'n':

                this.type = DBFTYPE_NUMBER;

                break;

            case 'l':

                this.type = DBFTYPE_BOOLEAN;

                break;

            default:

                throw new AttributeFeatureTypeNotSuportedException(name, type, "unknown", "DBF");

        }

    public void setOffsetInRecord(int offsetInRecord) {

        this.offsetInRecord = offsetInRecord;

    }

    public void setSize(int size) {

        switch (this.getType()) {

            case DBFTYPE_FLOAT:

            case DBFTYPE_NUMBER:

                this.size = size;

                break;

            case DBFTYPE_STRING:

                if (size > MAX_SIZE) {

                    warn("Field Length for " + this.name + " set to " + size + " Which is longer than " + MAX_SIZE + " not consistent with dbase III");

                }

                this.size = size;

                break;

            case DBFTYPE_DATE:

                this.size = DATE_SIZE;

                break;

            case DBFTYPE_BOOLEAN:

                this.size = BOOLEAN_SIZE;

                break;

            default:

                this.size = size;

    public void setScale(int scale) {

        if (scale == 0) {

            this.scale = 0;

            return;

        }

        switch (this.getType()) {

            case DBFTYPE_FLOAT:

            case DBFTYPE_NUMBER:

                this.scale = this.getPrecision() - 1; //In the dbf's header do ignore scale

                break;

            default:

                this.scale = 0;

        }

    private void warn(String msg) {

        LOGGER.warn(msg);

    }