AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

public static class AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute extends Object
implements Serializable

Known Direct Subclasses Format.Field, TextAttribute Format.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from Format.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.  TextAttribute The TextAttribute class defines attribute keys and attribute values used for text rendering.

Known Indirect Subclasses DateFormat.Field, MessageFormat.Field, NumberFormat.Field DateFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.  MessageFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.  NumberFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.

Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes. These keys are used in AttributedCharacterIterator and AttributedString.

See Also

• AttributedCharacterIterator
• AttributedString

Field Summary

public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT	Attribute key for input method segments.
public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	LANGUAGE	Attribute key for the language of some text.
public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	READING	Attribute key for the reading of some text.

Protected Constructor Summary

Attribute(String name) Constructs an Attribute with the given name.

Public Method Summary

final boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares two objects for equality.
final int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.

Protected Method Summary

String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute.
Object	readResolve() Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Fields

public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT

Attribute key for input method segments. Input methods often break up text into segments, which usually correspond to words.

Values are instances of Annotation holding a null reference.

See Also

• Annotation

public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute LANGUAGE

Attribute key for the language of some text.

Values are instances of Locale.

See Also

• Locale

public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute READING

Attribute key for the reading of some text. In languages where the written form and the pronunciation of a word are only loosely related (such as Japanese), it is often necessary to store the reading (pronunciation) along with the written form.

Values are instances of Annotation holding instances of String.

See Also

• Annotation
• String

Protected Constructors

protected Attribute (String name)

Constructs an Attribute with the given name.

Parameters

name	the name of Attribute

Public Methods

public final boolean equals (Object obj)

Compares two objects for equality. This version only returns true for x.equals(y) if x and y refer to the same object, and guarantees this for all subclasses.

Parameters

obj	the object to compare this instance with.

Returns

• true if the specified object is equal to this Object; false otherwise.

public final int hashCode ()

Returns a hash code value for the object. This version is identical to the one in Object, but is also final.

Returns

• this object's hash code.

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. This version returns the concatenation of class name, "(", a name identifying the attribute and ")".

Returns

• a printable representation of this object.

Protected Methods

protected String getName ()

Returns the name of the attribute.

Returns

• the name of Attribute

protected Object readResolve ()

Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

Returns

• the resolved Attribute object

Throws

InvalidObjectException	if the object to resolve is not an instance of Attribute