CustomField (OME POI 5.3.11 API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinkedDataFormulaField
```
public interface CustomField
extends java.lang.Cloneable
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`fillField(RecordInputStream in)`	Populates this fields data from the byte array passed in.
`int`	`getSize()`
`int`	`serializeField(int offset, byte[] data)`	Converts this field to it's byte array form.
`void`	`toString(java.lang.StringBuffer str)`	Appends the string representation of this field to the supplied StringBuffer.

- Method Detail
  - getSize
```
int getSize()
```
    Returns:
    
    The size of this field in bytes. This operation is not valid until after the call to fillField()
  - fillField
```
int fillField(RecordInputStream in)
```
    Populates this fields data from the byte array passed in.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the RecordInputstream to read the record from
  - toString
```
void toString(java.lang.StringBuffer str)
```
    Appends the string representation of this field to the supplied StringBuffer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - The string buffer to append to.
  - serializeField
```
int serializeField(int offset,
                   byte[] data)
```
    Converts this field to it's byte array form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    offset - The offset into the byte array to start writing to.
    
    data - The data array to write to.
    
    Returns:
    
    The number of bytes written.