Hemisphere.java

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package org.opensextant.extractors.xcoord;

/**
 *
 * @author ubaldino
 */
public class Hemisphere {

    //
    /**
     *
     */
    public String symbol = null;

    // unset polarity means you have a bug.
    // Default = 1 should be set by interpreter.
    /**
     *
     */
    public int polarity = 0;

    /**
     *
     * @return
     */
    public boolean isAlpha(){
        if (symbol == null){
            return false;
        }
        if (symbol.isEmpty()){
            return false;
        }

        // Java 7:  isAlphabetic()
        return Character.isLetter(symbol.charAt(0));
    }
}