triptracker.client.gps.core
Class NMEASentence

java.lang.Object
  triptracker.client.gps.core.NMEASentence

public class NMEASentence
extends Object

Parser for the GPS NMEA-0183 (National Marine Electronics Association) data protocol. NMEA-0183 data is sent at 4800 baud and the max. length of a sentence is 80 ASCII characters including the leading '$' and the trailing CR LF control characters.

Field Summary

static char	CHECKSUM
static String	CRLF
static char	DELIMITER
static int	MAXLENGTH
static char	START

Constructor Summary

NMEASentence()

NMEASentence(String sentence)

Method Summary

String	getField(int index)
String	getField(String fieldName)
int	getFieldCount()
NMEAManufacturerID	getManufacturerID()
String	getSentence()
NMEASentenceID	getSentenceID()
NMEATalkerID	getTalkerID()
boolean	isChecksumPresent()
boolean	isIgnoreChecksum()
boolean	isProprietary()
void	parseSentence(String sentence) Parses the NMEA-0183 sentence.
void	setIgnoreChecksum(boolean ignoreChecksum)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DELIMITER

public static final char DELIMITER

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START

public static final char START

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CHECKSUM

public static final char CHECKSUM

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MAXLENGTH

public static final int MAXLENGTH

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CRLF

public static final String CRLF

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Constructor Detail

NMEASentence

public NMEASentence()

NMEASentence

public NMEASentence(String sentence)

Method Detail

parseSentence

public void parseSentence(String sentence)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Parses the NMEA-0183 sentence. Fields can then be read from getField(int).

Parameters:

sentence - NMEA-0183 formatted sentence

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - on malformed sentence

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getField(int)

getField

public String getField(int index)

getField

public String getField(String fieldName)

getFieldCount

public int getFieldCount()

getTalkerID

public NMEATalkerID getTalkerID()

getSentenceID

public NMEASentenceID getSentenceID()

getManufacturerID

public NMEAManufacturerID getManufacturerID()

getSentence

public String getSentence()

isChecksumPresent

public boolean isChecksumPresent()

isIgnoreChecksum

public boolean isIgnoreChecksum()

setIgnoreChecksum

public void setIgnoreChecksum(boolean ignoreChecksum)

isProprietary

public boolean isProprietary()