/**
* this method extracts and returns the value for the field, if the field is an array, the value
* is an <code>Vector</code>
*/
public Object extractValueFromArray(byte[] recordData) {
Object value;
if (this.isArray()) {
int offset = this.getOffset();
ArrayList fieldValue = new ArrayList(this.getArraySize());
for (int i = this.getArraySize(); i > 0; i--) {
FieldMetaData fieldCopy = this.deepCopy();
fieldCopy.setOffset(offset);
ByteConverter converter = new ByteConverter(fieldCopy, recordData);
fieldValue.add(converter.getStringValue());
offset += mySize;
}
value = fieldValue;
} else {
ByteConverter converter = new ByteConverter(this, recordData);
value = converter.getStringValue();
}
return value;
}
