// $Id: ControlFieldExample.java,v 1.1 2006/08/04 12:39:58 bpeters Exp $
/**
* Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Bas Peters
*
* This file is part of MARC4J
*
* MARC4J is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* MARC4J is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with MARC4J; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.marc4j.samples;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.marc4j.MarcReader;
import org.marc4j.MarcStreamReader;
import org.marc4j.marc.ControlField;
import org.marc4j.marc.Record;
/**
* Read the language code from a 008 control field.
*
* @author Bas Peters
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $
*/
public class ControlFieldExample {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
InputStream input = ReadMarcExample.class
.getResourceAsStream("resources/chabon.mrc");
MarcReader reader = new MarcStreamReader(input);
while (reader.hasNext()) {
Record record = reader.next();
// get control field with tag 008
ControlField controlField = (ControlField) record
.getVariableField("008");
String data = controlField.getData();
// the three-character MARC language code takes character
// positions 35-37
String lang = data.substring(35, 38);
System.out.println("Language code (008 35-37): " + lang);
}
}
}